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SC Code § 44-74-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 74 - Radiologic Technologists|Section 44-74-60. Association registration; board composition, compensation, and powers.

 (A) The South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association must be registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State's Office as a nonprofit corporation and recognized as a tax exempt organization under Section 501(C) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.  (B) The board must be composed of thirteen members from the below listed trade associations as follows: one member shall be a representative from the South Carolina Society of Medical Assistants, Incorporated, who is also a certified limited practice radiographer and a certified medical assistant; one member shall be a consumer from the South Carolina Radiation Standards Association; two members shall be radiologic technologists from the South Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists (SCSRT), one of whom is employed by a hospital and from the South Carolina Health Care Alliance; one member shall be a radiologic technologist educator from the SCSRT; one member shall be a radiologic technologist of nuclear medicine from the South Carolina Society of Nuclear Medicine; one member shall be a radiation therapist from the SCSRT; three members shall be medical doctors, one doctor shall be a licensed family physician from the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, one doctor shall be a licensed radiologist from the South Carolina Radiological Society, and one doctor shall be a medical doctor of another specialty from the South Carolina Medical Association; one member shall be a chiropractor from the South Carolina Chiropractic Association; one member shall be a podiatrist from the South Carolina Podiatric Medical Association; and one member shall be a nonvoting representative from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, ex officio, and from the Radiological Health Branch.  (C) The members of the board shall be appointees from the above listed trade associations and the members of the board shall serve for a term to be established by the board. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. However, the board may establish rates for mileage, subsistence, and per diem to be paid to board members not to exceed the usual payments for mileage, subsistence, and per diem as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.  (D) The board is authorized to:  (1) establish certification qualifications for each category of radiological technologist;  (2) conduct certification examinations;  (3) certify qualified radiological technologists;  (4) establish and collect fees necessary to conduct certification examinations and administer the board; and  (5) establish continuing education requirements and terms of re-certification.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 101, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-75-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as "The Athletic Trainers' Act of South Carolina".  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-75-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (a) "Athletic trainer" means an allied health professional with specific qualifications as set forth in Section 44-75-50 who, upon the advice and consent of a licensed physician, carries out the practice of care, prevention, and physical rehabilitation of athletic injuries, and who, in carrying out these functions, may use physical modalities, including, but not limited to, heat, light, sound, cold, electricity, or mechanical devices related to rehabilitation and treatment.  (b) "Certificate" means official acknowledgment by the department that an individual has successfully completed educational and other requirements referred to in this act which entitle that individual to perform the functions and duties of an athletic trainer.  (c) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  (d) "Board" means the Board of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 2; 1992 Act No. 330, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 61 (H.3621), Section 1, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 61, Section 1, in (a), substituted "means an allied health professional" for "means a person".
SC Code § 44-75-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-30. Promulgation of regulations; establishment of Athletic Trainers' Advisory Committee.

 (a) The department, with the advice of the Athletic Trainers' Advisory Committee, must develop standards and prescribe regulations for the improvement of athletic training services in the State. All administrative responsibility for this program is vested in the department.  (b) An Athletic Trainers' Advisory Committee is created consisting of nine members appointed by the board. Two members must be from the department, one must be from the State Board of Medical Examiners, four must be certified athletic trainers, and two must be from the general public who are not certified or licensed in any health care field and are not connected in any way with athletic trainers.  Membership on the committee is by appointment by the board. The terms of the members are for four years or until successors are appointed except that of those first appointed four are appointed to a term of two years.  The committee must meet at least once each year to review the standards and regulations for improving athletic training services and make recommendations to the department.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 3; 1990 Act No. 522, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-75-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-40. Necessity of certification; application; administrative procedures.

 (a) No person may hold himself out as an athletic trainer or perform, for compensation, any activities of an athletic trainer as defined in Section 44-75-20 without obtaining certification.  (b) Any person desiring certification as an athletic trainer must apply to the department. The department must make a determination of the applicant's qualifications and issue the appropriate certificate to the applicant.  (c) A certificate so issued is valid for a period not to exceed two years from the date of issuance and may be renewed subject to any requirements of this chapter.  (d) The department must suspend or revoke a certificate so issued at any time it is determined that the holder no longer meets the prescribed qualifications set forth by the department or has failed to provide athletic training services of a quality acceptable by the department.  (e) Any person whose application is denied, suspended, or revoked is entitled to a hearing before the board if he submits a written request to the board. Proceedings for denial, revocation, or suspension of a certificate must be conducted consistent with Act 176 of 1977 (Administrative Procedures Act).  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 4.
SC Code § 44-75-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-50. Requirements for certification.

 An applicant for an athletic trainer certification must pass the Board of Certification, Inc., (BOC) examination and have met the athletic training curriculum requirements of a college or university and give proof by means of a certified transcript.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 5; 1992 Act No. 330, Section 2; 2006 Act No. 356, Section 1, eff June 9, 2006; 2019 Act No. 61 (H.3621), Section 2, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 61, Section 2, substituted "Board of Certification, Inc., (BOC)" for "National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification, Inc., (BOC)".
SC Code § 44-75-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-60. Reciprocity with other states.

 A certificate may be issued to any qualified athletic trainer holding certification in any other state if such other state recognizes the certificate of this State in the same manner.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 6.
SC Code § 44-75-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-70. Fees.

 The department may levy fees in an amount sufficient to administer the requirements of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 7.
SC Code § 44-75-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-80. Exemption from certification.

 Nothing in this chapter prevents:  (a) Licensed, registered, or certified professionals such as physicians, nurses, physical therapists, and chiropractors from practicing their professions if they do not hold themselves out to the public by any title or description as being athletic trainers.  (b) A person from rendering services that are the same as or similar to those within the scope of practice provided for in this chapter so long as he is otherwise now employed or employed in the future as a faculty or staff member at the school in question and does not represent himself to be an athletic trainer.  (c) The continued employment of persons employed on the effective date of this chapter by the State Department of Education, local boards of education, or private secondary or elementary schools for the treatment of injuries received by students participating in school sports activities.  (d) Any person from serving as a student-trainer or in any similar position if service is carried out under the supervision of a physician or certified athletic trainer.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 8.
SC Code § 44-75-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-90. Grandfather provision.

 Any person actively engaged as an athletic trainer on the effective date of this chapter must be issued a certificate if he submits proof of two years' experience as an athletic trainer within the preceding five-year period, is approved by the department, and pays any required fee.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 9.
SC Code § 44-75-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-100. Applicability to employee of athletic organization.

 For purposes of this chapter, a person is engaged as an athletic trainer if the person is employed on a salary or contractual basis by an educational institution, a hospital, a rehabilitation clinic, a physician's office, an industry, a performing arts group, a professional athletic organization, the military, a governmental agency, or other bona fide organization which employs or serves a physically active population and performs the duties of athletic trainer as a major responsibility of this employment.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 10; 1992 Act No. 330, Section 3; 2019 Act No. 61 (H.3621), Section 3, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 61, Section 3, substituted "a rehabilitation clinic, a physician's office, an industry, a performing arts group, a professional athletic organization, the military, a governmental agency, or other bona fide organization which employs or serves a physically active population" for "rehabilitation clinic, professional athletic organization, or other bona fide athletic organization".
SC Code § 44-75-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-110. Hiring of certified athletic trainers by school districts.

 Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require school districts to hire certified athletic trainers.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441, Section 11.
SC Code § 44-75-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 75 - Athletic Trainers' Act Of South Carolina|Section 44-75-120. Penalties.

 The department is authorized to suspend, deny, or revoke an athletic trainer's certificate, and impose a civil monetary penalty, against any person for a violation of a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Any person violating the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars.  HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 441 Section 12; 2019 Act No. 61 (H.3621), Section 4, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 61, Section 4, inserted the first sentence, and made nonsubstantive changes in the second sentence.
SC Code § 44-76-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 76 - Automated External Defibrillators|Section 44-76-10. Short title.

 This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Automated External Defibrillator Act".  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 34, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-76-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 76 - Automated External Defibrillators|Section 44-76-20. Definitions.

 For purposes of this chapter:  (1) "Automated external defibrillator" or "AED" means an automated external defibrillator which is a medical device heart monitor and defibrillator that:  (a) has received approval of its pre-market notification filed pursuant to the United States Code, Title 21, Section 360(k), from the United States Food and Drug Administration;  (b) is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia and is capable of determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should be performed; and  (c) upon determining that defibrillation should be performed, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to an individual's heart.  (2) "Health care professional" means a licensed physician, surgeon, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse.  (3) "Designated AED user" means a person identified by the person or entity acquiring an AED who has received training in the use of an AED pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 34, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-76-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 76 - Automated External Defibrillators|Section 44-76-30. Training, maintenance, testing, use, and reporting requirements for automated external defibrillators.

 A person or entity that acquires an AED shall:  (1) require its designated AED users to have current training in CPR and AED use by the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, American Safety and Health Institute, or National Safety Council, or training from a program that meets or exceeds the training standards of these organizations;  (2) maintain and test the AED according to the manufacturer's operational guidelines and keep written records of maintenance and testing;  (3) employ or obtain a health care professional to serve as its AED liaison;  (4) have in place an AED program approved by its AED liaison which includes CPR and AED training, AED protocol or guidelines, AED deployment strategies, and an AED equipment maintenance plan;  (5) include in its AED protocol or guidelines that a person who renders emergency care or treatment to a person in cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia by using an AED must activate the emergency medical services system or 911 as soon as possible; and  (6) report any clinical use of the AED to the AED liaison.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 34, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 206, Section 3, eff May 14, 2008.
SC Code § 44-76-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 76 - Automated External Defibrillators|Section 44-76-40. Immunity from civil liability for use of automated external defibrillator.

 (1) Any person or entity acting in good faith and gratuitously shall be immune from civil liability for the application of an AED unless the person was grossly negligent in the application.  (2) Any designated AED users meeting the requirements of Section 44-76-30(1) and acting according to the required training shall be immune from civil liability for the application of an AED unless the application was grossly negligent.  (3) A person or entity acquiring an AED and meeting the requirements of Section 44-76-30 or an AED liaison meeting the requirements of Section 44-76-30 shall be immune from civil liability for the application of an AED by any person or entity described in items (1) or (2) of this section.  (4) A prescribing physician shall be immune from civil liability for authorizing the purchase of an AED, unless the authorization was grossly negligent.  (5) Any person or entity, acting in good faith and gratuitously, that teaches or provides a training program for cardiopulmonary resuscitation that includes training in the use of an automated external defibrillator is immune from civil liability for providing this training for use if the:  (a) person or entity has provided the training in accordance with the guidelines and policies of a national training organization, as defined in Section 44-76-30(1);  (b) person providing the training is authorized to deliver that course or curriculum; and  (c) training delivery was not grossly negligent.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 34, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 206, Section 1, eff May 14, 2008.
SC Code § 44-76-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 76 - Automated External Defibrillators|Section 44-76-50. Applicability of chapter.

 The provisions of this chapter do not apply to emergency medical services, a physician's office, or a health care facility as defined in Section 44-7-130(10).  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 34, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-77-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 77 - Death With Dignity Act|Section 44-77-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the Death With Dignity Act.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 586.
SC Code § 44-77-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 77 - Death With Dignity Act|Section 44-77-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Declarant" means a person who has signed a declaration in accordance with Sections 44-77-40 and 44-77-50, in accordance with earlier, current, or future versions of this chapter, or in accordance with the law of another state if the declaration provided for by the law expresses an intent that is substantially the same as the intent of the declaration provided in Section 44-77-40.  (2) "Life-sustaining procedures" means any medical procedures or intervention which would serve only to prolong the dying process and where, in the judgment of the attending physician, death will occur whether or not the procedures are utilized. Life-sustaining procedures do not include the administration of medication or other treatment for comfort care or alleviation of pain. The declarant shall indicate in the declaration whether the provision of nutrition and hydration through medically or surgically implanted tubes is to be treated as a life-sustaining procedure. Pursuant to a lawfully executed declaration if the declarant fails to give instructions by initialing the appropriate statements concerning nutrition and hydration, nutrition and hydration necessary for comfort care or alleviation of pain will be provided.  (3) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine.  (4) "Terminal condition" means an incurable or irreversible condition that, within reasonable medical judgment, could cause death within a reasonably short period of time if life-sustaining procedures are not used.  (5) "Active treatment" means the standard of reasonable professional care that would be rendered by a physician to a patient in the absence of a declaration including, but not limited to, hospitalization and medication.  (6) "Person" means an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, hospital, or other organization or group.  (7) "Permanent unconsciousness" means a medical diagnosis, consistent with accepted standards of medical practice, that a person is in a persistent vegetative state or some other irreversible condition in which the person has no neocortical functioning, but only involuntary vegetative or primitive reflex functions controlled by the brain stem.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 341, Section 2; 1988 Act No. 586; 1991 Act No. 149, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-77-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 77 - Death With Dignity Act|Section 44-77-30. When life-sustaining procedures may be withheld.

 If a person eighteen years of age or older adopts a declaration that is substantially in the form provided in Section 44-77-50, whether executed before or after an amendment is made to the form, and that on its face is duly executed, witnessed, and authenticated as provided in Section 44-77-40 or on its face is in compliance with the law of the state of the declarant's domicile at the time that the declaration is adopted, if the declaration provided for by the law expresses an intent that is substantially the same as the intent of the declaration provided in Section 44-77-40, and the person's present condition is certified to be terminal or to be in a state of permanent unconsciousness by two physicians who personally have examined the declarant, one of whom is the declarant's attending physician, and the other of whom is a physician other than the attending physician, then life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn upon the direction and under the supervision of the attending physician. A certification based upon a diagnosis of permanent unconsciousness may not be made until the declarant has remained unconscious for at least ninety consecutive days, or at any time if the declarant has experienced massive destruction or atrophy of the cortex as evidenced by neurodiagnostic studies or gross inspection of the brain, or some other characteristic of the declarant's condition allows a diagnosis of permanent unconsciousness to be made with a high degree of medical certainty.  All patients with life-threatening conditions that are diagnosed as terminal or in a state of permanent unconsciousness must be administered active treatment for at least six hours following the diagnosis before the physician may give effect to a declaration.  HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 341, Section 3; 1988 Act No. 586; 1991 Act No. 149, Section 3.