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SC Code § 44-61-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-730. Home state licensure.

 (A) Any member state in which an individual holds a current license shall be deemed a home state for purposes of this compact.  (B) Any member state may require an individual to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in the member state under circumstances not authorized by the privilege to practice under the terms of this compact.  (C) A home state's license authorizes an individual to practice in a remote state under the privilege to practice only if the home state:  (1) currently requires the use of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) examination as a condition of issuing initial licenses at the EMT and paramedic levels;  (2) has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about individuals;  (3) notifies the Commission, in compliance with the terms herein, of any adverse action or significant investigatory information regarding an individual;  (4) no later than five years after activation of the compact, requires a criminal background check of all applicants for initial licensure, including the use of the results of fingerprint or other biometric data checks compliant with the requirements of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the exception of federal employees who have suitability determination in accordance with 5 C.F.R. Section 731.202 and submit documentation of such as promulgated in the rules of the Commission; and  (5) complies with the rules of the Commission.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-740. Compact privilege to practice.

 (A) Member states shall recognize the privilege to practice of an individual licensed in another member state that is in conformance with Section 44-61-730.  (B) To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of this compact, an individual must:  (1) be at least eighteen years of age;  (2) possess a current unrestricted license in a member state as an EMT, AEMT, paramedic, or state-recognized and licensed level with a scope of practice and authority between EMT and paramedic; and  (3) practice under the supervision of a medical director.  (C) An individual providing patient care in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall function within the scope of practice authorized by the home state unless and until modified by an appropriate authority in the remote state as may be defined in the rules of the Commission.  (D) Except as provided in subsection (C), an individual practicing in a remote state will be subject to the remote state's authority and laws. A remote state may, in accordance with due process and that state's laws, restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's privilege to practice in the remote state and may take any other necessary actions to protect the health and safety of its citizens. If a remote state takes action it shall promptly notify the home state and the Commission.  (E) If an individual's license in any home state is restricted or suspended, the individual shall not be eligible to practice in a remote state under the privilege to practice until the individual's home state license is restored.  (F) If an individual's privilege to practice in any remote state is restricted, suspended, or revoked the individual shall not be eligible to practice in any remote state until the individual's privilege to practice is restored.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-750. Conditions of practice in a remote state.

 An individual may practice in a remote state under a privilege to practice only in the performance of the individual's EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority, as defined in the rules of the Commission, and under the following circumstances:  (1) the individual originates a patient transport in a home state and transports the patient to a remote state;  (2) the individual originates in the home state and enters a remote state to pick up a patient and provide care and transport of the patient to the home state;  (3) the individual enters a remote state to provide patient care and/or transport within that remote state;  (4) the individual enters a remote state to pick up a patient and provide care and transport to a third-member state; or  (5) other conditions as determined by rules promulgated by the Commission.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-760. Relationship to Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

 Upon a member state's governor's declaration of a state of emergency or disaster that activates the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), all relevant terms and provisions of EMAC shall apply and to the extent any terms or provisions of this compact conflicts with EMAC, the terms of EMAC shall prevail with respect to any individual practicing in the remote state in response to such declaration.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-770. Veterans, service members separating from active duty military, and their spouses.

 (A) Member states shall consider a veteran, active military service member, and member of the National Guard and Reserves separating from an active duty tour, and a spouse thereof, who holds a current valid and unrestricted NREMT certification at or above the level of the state license being sought as satisfying the minimum training and examination requirements for such licensure.  (B) Member states shall expedite the processing of licensure applications submitted by veterans, active military service members, and members of the National Guard and Reserves separating from an active duty tour, and their spouses.  (C) All individuals functioning with a privilege to practice under this section remain subject to the Adverse Actions provisions of Section 44-61-780.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-780 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-780. Adverse actions.

 (A) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against an individual's license issued by the home state.  (B)(1) If an individual's license in any home state is restricted or suspended, the individual shall not be eligible to practice in a remote state under the privilege to practice until the individual's home state license is restored.  (2) All home state adverse-action orders shall include a statement that the individual's compact privileges are inactive. The order may allow the individual to practice in remote states with prior written authorization from both the home state and remote state's EMS authority.  (3) An individual currently subject to adverse action in the home state shall not practice in any remote state without prior written authorization from both the home state and remote state's EMS authority.  (C) A member state shall report adverse actions and any occurrences that the individual's compact privileges are restricted, suspended, or revoked to the Commission in accordance with the rules of the Commission.  (D) A remote state may take adverse action on an individual's privilege to practice within that state.  (E) Any member state may take adverse action against an individual's privilege to practice in that state based on the factual findings of another member state, so long as each state follows its own procedures for imposing such adverse action.  (F) A home state's EMS authority shall investigate and take appropriate action with respect to reported conduct in a remote state as it would if such conduct had occurred within the home state. In such cases, the home state's law shall control in determining the appropriate adverse action.  (G) Nothing in this compact shall override a member state's decision that participation in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action and that such participation shall remain nonpublic if required by the member state's laws. Member states must require individuals who enter any alternative programs to agree not to practice in any other member state during the term of the alternative program without prior authorization from such other member state.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-790 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-790. Additional powers invested in a member state's EMS authority.

 A member state's EMS authority, in addition to any other powers granted under state law, is authorized under this compact to:  (1) issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a member state's EMS authority for the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and/or the production of evidence from another member state, shall be enforced in the remote state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to that court's practice and procedure in considering subpoenas issued in its own proceedings. The issuing state EMS authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state where the witnesses and/or evidence are located; and  (2) issue cease and desist orders to restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's privilege to practice in the state.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-810 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-810. Coordinated database.

 (A) The Commission shall provide for the development and maintenance of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and significant investigatory information on all licensed individuals in member states.  (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member state shall submit a uniform data set to the coordinated database on all individuals to whom this compact is applicable as required by the rules of the Commission, including:  (1) identifying information;  (2) licensure data;  (3) significant investigatory information;  (4) adverse actions against an individual's license;  (5) an indicator that an individual's privilege to practice is restricted, suspended, or revoked;  (6) nonconfidential information related to alternative program participation;  (7) any denial of application for licensure, and the reason(s) for such denial; and  (8) other information that may facilitate the administration of this compact, as determined by the rules of the Commission.  (C) The coordinated database administrator shall promptly notify all member states of any adverse action taken against, or significant investigative information on, any individual in a member state.  (D) Member states contributing information to the coordinated database may designate information that may not be shared with the public without the express permission of the contributing state.  (E) Any information submitted to the coordinated database that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the member state contributing the information shall be removed from the coordinated database.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-840. Date of implementation; associated rules; withdrawal; amendment.

 (A) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth-member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the Commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet and exercise rulemaking powers necessary to the implementation and administration of the compact.  (B) Any state that joins the compact subsequent to the Commission's initial adoption of the rules shall be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which the compact becomes law in that state. Any rule that has been previously adopted by the Commission shall have the full force and effect of law on the day the compact becomes law in that state.  (C)(1) Any member state may withdraw from this compact by:  (a) enacting a statute repealing the same; or  (b) by action of the Governor.  (2) A member state's withdrawal shall not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing statute or withdrawal by the Governor.  (3) Withdrawal shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing state's EMS authority to comply with the investigative and adverse-action reporting requirements of this act prior to the effective date of withdrawal.  (D) Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any EMS personnel licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a member state and a nonmember state that does not conflict with the provisions of this compact.  (E) This compact may be amended by the member states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon any member state until it is enacted into the laws of all member states.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-61-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 61 - Emergency Medical Services|Section 44-61-850. Construction and severability.

 This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any member state thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining member states. Nothing in this compact supersedes state law or rules related to licensure of EMS agencies.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 248 (H.4486), Section 1, eff May 18, 2018.
SC Code § 44-63-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-10. Duties of Department of Health and Environmental Control.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall prepare the necessary methods and forms for obtaining vital statistics.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1101; 1952 Code Section 32-1101; 1942 Code Section 5007; 1932 Code Section 5014; Civ. C. '22 Section 2325; Civ. C. '12 Section 1584; Civ. C. '02 Section 1090; G. S. 918; R. S. 969; 1878 (16) 730; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-20. Establishment of bureau of vital statistics; system for registration of births and deaths.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall establish a bureau of vital statistics and provide an adequate system for the registration and certification of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces by formulating, promulgating, and enforcing regulations prescribing the method and form of making the registration and certification.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1102; 1952 Code Section 32-1102; 1942 Code Section 5130; 1932 Code Section 5130; Civ. C. '22 Section 2393; Civ. C. '12 Section 1596; 1914 (29) 29; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-30. State registrar of vital statistics.

 The Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control is the state registrar of vital statistics and shall carry into effect the regulations and orders of the department. The department shall provide suitable apartments properly equipped with fireproof vaults and filing cases for the permanent preservation of all official records.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1103; 1952 Code Section 32-1103; 1942 Code Section 5131; 1932 Code Section 5131; Civ. C. '22 Section 2394; 1914 (29) 29; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1138.
SC Code § 44-63-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-40. County registrars, deputy registrars, and subregistrars.

 The State Registrar must appoint the chief administrative officer of each county health department as the county registrar. All persons in the county required by law to file reports of birth, death, and fetal death must transmit these reports to the State Registrar at intervals prescribed by the State Registrar. The county registrar may appoint a deputy registrar who is vested with the right to carry on the duties of the office. The county registrar and deputy registrar must carry out the duties formerly carried out by local registrars without additional compensation. The county registrar must appoint a subregistrar for each hospital, nursing home, and other institution as required within the county whose duty it is to issue Burial-Removal-Transit Permits for deaths occurring at the hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions. The county registrar must require the coroner of the county to issue Burial-Removal-Transit Permits for deaths occurring outside hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1105; 1952 Code Section 32-1105; 1946 (44) 1543; 1970 (56) 2556; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 272, Section 2, eff May 28, 2002.
SC Code § 44-63-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-55. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.

 (A) The state registrar shall develop a form entitled " Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth" for distribution to all South Carolina delivering hospitals. The hospital shall provide and offer to complete this form, prior to discharge, for mothers whose delivery resulted in a fetal death of twenty completed weeks of gestation or more or a weight of three hundred fifty grams or more. The "Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth" must be filed with the county registrar within five days following the delivery. The "Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth" does not constitute proof of a live birth and does not replace the requirement to file a Report of Fetal Death as required in Regulation 61-19, Section 21.  (B) The person preparing the "Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth" pursuant to this section shall leave blank any reference to the stillborn's name if the parent or parents do not provide this information.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 203, Section 2, eff April 26, 2004.  Editor's Note  2004 Act No. 203, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as 'Hunter's Law'."
SC Code § 44-63-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-60. Certificates to be furnished by state registrar.

 The state registrar, upon application by those entitled pursuant to Section 44-63-80, 44-63-82, 44-63-84, or 44-63-86, shall furnish a certificate under the seal of the department showing data from the records of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces registered with the department or a certified copy under seal of such records. Federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies must be furnished copies or data for statistical, health, or legal purposes upon such terms or conditions as prescribed by the state registrar except that upon request the Department of Social Services or its designee must be provided at no charge with a copy or certified copy of a certificate for the purpose of establishing paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1121; 1952 Code Section 32-1121; 1951 (47) 437; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 9.
SC Code § 44-63-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-70. State registrar shall prescribe forms and furnish copies to county registrars and appropriate agencies.

 The state registrar shall prescribe the proper forms for the certification and recording of all vital statistics in this State and shall furnish copies of these forms to all county registrars and appropriate agencies in the State having the responsibility for the registration, reporting, and certification of vital statistics, data, and information.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1122; 1952 Code Section 32-1122; 1945 (44) 80; 1967 (55) 709; 1970 (56) 2552; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-72 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-72. Death certificates filed by licensed embalmers and funeral directors; contents.

 When a licensed funeral director or a licensed embalmer files a death certificate:  (1) the licensed funeral director must provide his license number and his signature in the appropriate location on the death certificate;  (2) the licensed embalmer must provide his license number and either his name or signature in the appropriate location on the death certificate.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 74, Section 1, eff 30 days after approval by the Governor (approved June 13, 2007).
SC Code § 44-63-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-75. Social security or alien identification numbers on birth, death, divorce, and marriage application records.

 (A) Social security numbers, or the alien identification numbers assigned to resident aliens who do not have social security numbers, must be included in the forms prescribed by the state registrar for:  (1) the recordation of birth, death, and divorce;  (2) the application of marriage.  (B) Social security numbers, or the alien identification numbers assigned to resident aliens who do not have social security numbers, must be recorded on birth and death certificates.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 513, Section 5; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 10; 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 105.
SC Code § 44-63-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-80. Certified copies of birth certificates; to whom issued; "South Carolina Family Respect" pamphlet to be included with certified copies.

 Except as otherwise provided, certified copies of the original birth certificate or any new or amendatory certificate, exclusive of that portion containing confidential information, must be issued only by the state registrar and only to the registrant, if of legal age, his parent or guardian, or other legal representative, and upon request to the Department of Social Services or its designee for the purpose of establishing paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation. The registrar shall include a copy of the pamphlet "South Carolina Family Respect", as provided in Section 20-1-720, when it mails or sends the certified copy of the birth certificate. However, the certified copy of the birth certificate may not disclose the name of the father in any illegitimate birth unless the name of the father is entered on the certificate pursuant to Section 44-63-163 or Section 44-63-165. The short form certificate or birth card may be furnished only to the registrant, his parent or guardian, or other legal representative by the state or county registrar.  When one hundred years have elapsed after the date of birth, these records must be made available in photographic or other suitable format for public viewing.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1122.1; 1970 (56) 2552; 1978 Act No. 587 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 11; 2001 Act No. 4, Section 3, eff November 30, 2000.