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SC Code § 44-7-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-280. Issuance of license; expiration.

 Licenses issued pursuant to this article expire one year after date of issuance or annually upon uniform dates, or as otherwise prescribed by regulation. Licenses must be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application and are not transferable or assignable. Licenses must be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-778; 1952 Code Section 32-778; 1947 (45) 510; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 278, Section 17, eff July 1, 2010.
SC Code § 44-7-285 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-285. Change of ownership and control.

 A health care facility, as defined in this article, shall notify the department within thirty calendar days of a change in ownership or in controlling interest of the health care facility or entity owning a health care facility, directly or indirectly, by purchase, lease, gift, donation, sale of stock, or comparable arrangement. Failure to notify the department of such change within the thirty-day period may result in an administrative action under Section 44-7-320.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 278, Section 21, eff July 1, 2010.
SC Code § 44-7-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-290. Necessity of complying with article and regulations of department.

 The department may not issue licenses for the operation of facilities or services subject to this article unless the facility and persons named in the application are found to comply with the provisions of this article and the department's regulations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-779; 1952 Code Section 32-779; 1947 (45) 510; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-295 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-295. Authority to enter facilities to investigate violations.

 The department is authorized to enter at all times in or on the property of any facility or service, whether public or private, licensed by the department or unlicensed, for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to a violation of this article or regulations of the department. The department's authorized agents may examine and copy any records or memoranda pertaining to the operation of a licensed or unlicensed facility or service to determine compliance with this article. However, if such entry or inspection is denied or not consented to and no emergency exists, the department is empowered to obtain a warrant to enter and inspect the property and its records from the magistrate in the jurisdiction in which the property is located. The magistrate may issue these warrants upon a showing of probable cause for the need for entry and inspection. The department shall furnish a written copy of the results of the inspection or investigation to the owner or operator of the property.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 223, Section 9, eff June 7, 2010; 2010 Act No. 278, Section 22, eff July 1, 2010.
SC Code § 44-7-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-300. Plans and specifications.

 Prior to commencing the construction or alteration of facilities required to be licensed by this department, plans and specifications must be submitted to the department for review and approval in accordance with regulations of the department. If construction has commenced without submittal of plans and specifications, an applicant for a license is required to submit certified drawings for review and approval prior to action upon the application for a license.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-780; 1952 Code Section 32-780; 1947 (45) 510; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-310. Certain information not to be disclosed publicly.

 Information received by the Office of Health Licensing of the department through inspection or otherwise which does not appear on the face of the license may not be disclosed publicly in a manner as to identify individuals or facilities except in a proceeding involving the licensure or certification of need of the facility or licensing proceedings against an employee of the facility or as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-781; 1952 Code Section 32-781; 1947 (45) 510; 1964 (53) 2117; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1983 Act No. 68 Section 2; 1984 Act No. 300; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 19C; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-315. Disclosure of information regarding facility or home.

 (A) Information received by the Division of Health Licensing of the department, through inspection or otherwise, in regard to a facility or activity licensed by the department pursuant to this article or subject to inspection by the department, including a nursing home, a community residential care facility, or an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability, must be disclosed publicly upon written request to the department. The request must be specific as to the facility or activity, dates, documents, and particular information requested. The department may not disclose the identity of individuals present in a facility licensed by the department pursuant to this article or subject to inspection by the department, including a nursing home, a community residential care facility, or an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability. When a report of deficiencies or violations regarding a facility licensed by the department pursuant to this article or subject to inspection by the department, including a nursing home, a community residential care facility, or an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability, is present in the department's files when a request for information is received, the department shall inform the applicant that it has stipulated corrective action and the time it determines for completion of the action. The department also shall inform the applicant that information on the resolution of the corrective action order is expected to be available upon written request within fifteen calendar days or less of the termination of time it determines for completion of the action. However, if information on the resolution is present in the files, it must be furnished to the applicant.  (B) Subsection (A) does not apply to information considered confidential pursuant to Section 40-71-20 and Section 44-30-60.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 376, Section 1; 1991 Act No; 164, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 372, Section 3, eff June 9, 2006; 2010 Act No. 223, Section 10, eff June 7, 2010; 2010 Act No. 278, Section 18, eff July 1, 2010; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 11, eff June 7, 2011.
SC Code § 44-7-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-330. Power to sue.

 The department, in accordance with the laws of this State governing injunctions and other processes, may maintain an action in the name of the State against any person or facility for violation of this article and regulations promulgated under this article. In charging any defendant in a complaint in an action, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant, upon a certain day and in a certain county, did violate any provision of this article or of the regulations promulgated without the necessity for showing irreparable harm.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-782; 1952 Code Section 32-782; 1947 (45) 510; 1950 (46) 2549; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-340. Violation as misdemeanor; fines.

 Any person or facility violating any of the provisions of this article or a regulation under this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five thousand dollars for a subsequent offense. Each day's violation after a first conviction constitutes a subsequent offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-783; 1952 Code Section 32-783; 1947 (45) 510; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-345 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-345. Discrimination prohibited in admission of individuals to residential care facilities.

 Community residential care facilities licensed pursuant to this article which receive public funds, including funds appropriated in Part I of the appropriation act, directly or indirectly, including those instances where payment of an optional state supplement from the South Carolina Department of Social Services is made to a resident, their designated representative payee, or guardian, rather than directly to a facility, may not deny admission or services to an individual on the basis of race, color, national origin, qualified handicap, sex, or age.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 612, Part II, Section 56.
SC Code § 44-7-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-350. Community residential care facility.

 The agency placing a client in a community residential care facility shall develop an individual plan of care in cooperation with the provider. The placing agency shall monitor the plan to the extent considered appropriate by the placement agency.  Prior to a community residential care facility being licensed for operation in an area which is outside incorporated areas of a county, the following conditions must be met:  (1) The governing body for the area must be given notice of the proposed location.  (2) Where the governing body objects to the proposed site for the facility, the arbitration procedures set forth in Act 449 of 1978 must be employed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-784; 1952 Code Section 32-784; 1947 (45) 510; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-360. Itemized billing.

 Community residential care facilities are required to furnish an item-by-item billing for all charges to the resident or the person paying the bill, upon request by the resident or person paying the bill. Items which remain unpaid are not required to be itemized again. A request for itemized billing remains in effect until further notification by the resident or person paying the bill. The provisions of this section do not apply to the contracted amount of a state agency. Any amount above the contract must be itemized accordingly. Residents receiving an optional supplement from the State Department of Social Services must not be charged an amount greater than that set by that department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-785; 1952 Code Section 32-785; 1947 (45) 510; 1971 (57) 267; 1976 Act No. 620 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-370. Residential Care Committee; Renal Dialysis Advisory Council.

 (A) The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control shall establish a Residential Care Committee to advise the department regarding licensing and inspection of community residential care facilities.  (1) The committee consists of the Long Term Care Ombudsman, three operators of homes with ten beds or less, four operators of homes with eleven beds or more, and three members to represent the department appointed by the commissioner for terms of four years.  (2) The terms must be staggered and no member may serve more than two consecutive terms. Any person may submit names to the commissioner for consideration. The advisory committee shall meet at least once annually with representatives of the department to evaluate current licensing regulations and inspection practices. Members shall serve without compensation.  (B) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall appoint a Renal Dialysis Advisory Council to advise the department regarding licensing and inspection of renal dialysis centers. The council must be consulted and have the opportunity to review all regulations promulgated by the board affecting renal dialysis prior to submission of the proposed regulations to the General Assembly.  (1) The council is composed of a minimum of fourteen persons, one member recommended by the Palmetto Chapter of the American Nephrology Nurses Association; one member recommended by the South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Patients on Hemodialysis and Transplants; three physicians specializing in nephrology recommended by the South Carolina Renal Physicians Association; two administrators of facilities certified for dialysis treatment or kidney transplant services; one member recommended by the South Carolina Kidney Foundation; one member recommended by the South Carolina Hospital Association; one member recommended by the South Carolina Medical Association; one member of the general public; one member representing technicians working in renal dialysis facilities; one member recommended by the Council of Nephrology Social Workers; and one member recommended by the Council of Renal Nutritionists. The directors of dialysis programs at the Medical School of the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina, or their designees, are ex officio members of the council.  (2) Members shall serve four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualify. No member of council shall serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall meet as frequently as the board considers necessary, but not less than twice each year. Members shall serve without compensation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-786; 1952 Code Section 32-786; 1947 (45) 510; 1971 (57) 267, 376; 1976 Act No. 620 Section 2; 1979 Act No. 51 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 670, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 110, Section 9.
SC Code § 44-7-385 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-385. Requirements for serving as operating room circulator.

 (A) As used in this section, an "operating room circulator" means a registered nurse trained, educated, or experienced in perioperative nursing who is responsible for coordinating the nursing care and safety needs of a patient in the operating room and who also meets the needs of the operating room team members during surgery.  (B) An operating room circulator in a health care facility must be a licensed registered nurse educated, trained, and experienced in perioperative nursing.  (C) A surgical technologist may not serve as the circulator in the operating room of a health care facility; however, a person who is employed to practice surgical technology in a health care facility may assist in the performance of circulating duties:  (1) consistent with the person's education, training, and experience; and  (2) as assigned and supervised by a registered nurse circulator who must be present in the operating room for the duration of the surgical procedure.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 95, Section 1, eff January 1, 2008.
SC Code § 44-7-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-390. No liability or cause of action against a hospital for certain acts or proceedings.

 There is no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages arising against, a hospital licensed under this article, its parent, subsidiaries, health care system, physician practices owned by the hospital (its parent or subsidiaries), directors, officers, agents, employees, medical staff members, external reviewers, witnesses, or a member of any committee of a licensed hospital, whether permanent or ad hoc, including the hospital's governing body, for any act or proceeding undertaken or performed without malice, made after reasonable effort to obtain the facts, and the action taken was in the belief that it is warranted by the facts known, arising out of or relating to:  (1) sentinel event investigations or root cause analyses, or both, as prescribed by the joint commission or any other organization under whose accreditation a hospital is deemed to meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' conditions of participation;  (2) investigations into the competence or conduct of hospital employees, agents, members of the hospital's medical staff or other practitioners, relating to the quality of patient care, and any disciplinary proceedings or fair hearings related thereto, provided the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws that have been approved by the governing body of the hospital;  (3) quality assurance reviews;  (4) the medical staff credentialing process, provided the medical staff operates pursuant to written bylaws that have been approved by the governing body of the hospital;  (5) reports by a hospital to its insurance carriers;  (6) reviews or investigations to evaluate the quality of care provided by hospital employees, agents, members of the hospital's medical staff, or other practitioners; or  (7) reports or statements, including, but not limited to, those reports or statements to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, that provide analysis or opinion (including external reviews) relating to the quality of care provided by hospital employees, agents, members of the hospital's medical staff, or other practitioners.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 275, Section 1, eff June 26, 2012.
SC Code § 44-7-394 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-394. Assertion and defense of confidentiality claims.

 (A) If a hospital or affected person asserts a claim of confidentiality over documents pursuant to Section 44-7-392, and the party seeking the documents objects, then upon motion to the court having jurisdiction over the pending action the court shall review the documents under seal to determine if any of the documents are subject to discovery. The court may order production of the documents to the requesting party. If the court finds that a hospital or affected person acted unreasonably in unsuccessfully asserting the claim of confidentiality, the court may assess attorney's fees against that party for any fees incurred by the requesting party in obtaining the documents.  Further, a party to a medical or hospital malpractice case shall not offer testimony of a person who was a witness to the medical or hospital care that is the subject of the medical or hospital malpractice case if their testimony would be inconsistent with a prior written, electronic, video, or audio statement of fact submitted by the person and that is confidential under Section 44-7-392, unless such prior inconsistent statement of fact is first produced to all parties in the medical or hospital malpractice case. Upon request by a party, a privilege log shall be provided by a hospital to all parties in the medical or hospital malpractice case identifying any prior written, electronic, video, or audio statements of fact relating to the medical or hospital care that is the subject of the medical or hospital malpractice case that were given by a witness who is identified in discovery and may testify at trial. Upon motion of any party, a prior statement of fact, whether written, electronic, video, or audio, that is confidential under Section 44-7-392, may be reviewed by the court in camera to determine whether the prior statement of fact is inconsistent with the trial testimony offered in the medical or hospital malpractice case. If the court concludes that the prior statement of fact is inconsistent, the court shall order that the prior written statement of fact be produced to the moving party.  (B) For purposes of this section an "affected person" means a person, other than a patient, who is a subject of a proceeding enumerated in Section 44-7-392(A)(1).  (C) If the court orders a hospital or affected person to produce documents to a third party under this section, the hospital or affected person shall have the right to immediately appeal that order, and the filing of the appeal shall stay the enforcement of the order compelling the production.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 275, Section 1, eff June 26, 2012.
SC Code § 44-7-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-500. Short title.

 This article may be known and cited as the "Health Care Cooperation Act".  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-505 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-505. Findings.

 The General Assembly makes the following findings:  (1) that the cost of improved health technology and scientific methods contributes significantly to the increasing cost of health care;  (2) that cooperative agreements among hospitals health care purchasers, and other health care providers would foster improvements in the quality of health care for South Carolinians, moderate cost increases, improve access to needed services in rural areas, and enhance the likelihood that rural hospitals can remain open;  (3) that federal and state antitrust laws may prohibit or discourage cooperative agreements that are beneficial to South Carolinians and that such agreements should be encouraged; and  (4) that competition as currently mandated by federal and state antitrust laws should be supplanted by a regulatory program to permit and encourage cooperative agreements between hospitals, health care purchasers, or other health care providers when the benefits outweigh the disadvantages caused by their potential adverse effects on competition.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.