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SC Code § 44-7-2540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2540. Interagency system to be developed.

 (A) The State Interagency Coordinating Council shall advise and assist the department in developing a comprehensive interagency system to provide early intervention services for all eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.  (B) The comprehensive interagency system must implement:  (1) a timely, comprehensive, multidisciplinary assessment of the functioning of each infant and toddler with disabilities in the State, including the needs of their families relating to enhancing the child's development;  (2) a written individualized family service plan for each eligible infant or toddler with a disability;  (3) a comprehensive method of identifying infants and toddlers with disabilities;  (4) a public awareness program focusing on early identification of infants and toddlers with disabilities;  (5) access to a central directory which includes early intervention services, resources, and experts available in the State;  (6) a comprehensive system of personnel development for those who serve eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities;  (7) formal interagency agreements which:  (a) define the responsibility of each agency for providing and paying for early intervention services;  (b) coordinate programs so as to permit children and their families to move easily among agencies in the system;  (c) adopt uniform program, health, and safety standards;  (d) contain procedures for resolving disputes;  (8) procedural safeguards as required by federal and state law;  (9) a method for compiling data on the number of infants and toddlers with disabilities in the State in need of early intervention services, the number served, the types of disabilities, the types of services provided, and other information required by the federal government or needed to deliver services effectively.  (C) Early intervention services must be available through the comprehensive interagency system and provided by appropriate state agencies in accordance with time requirements of Subchapter VIII, Chapter 33, Title 20, U.S. Code Annotated, to effectuate the individual family service plan for each eligible infant or toddler.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2550. Regulations.

 The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. Through regulation or interagency agreement when appropriate the department may develop standards addressing the coordination and provision of early intervention services, including personnel qualifications and health, safety, and program standards for the facilities where the services are offered.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2560. Individualized family service plans.

 (A) Based on the assessment provided for in Section 44-7-2540 an individualized family service plan must be developed by a multidisciplinary team of appropriate qualified personnel which also must include the parent, guardian, or other adult responsible for the child. The family also may choose an advocate to be present during the development of the plan. The plan must be written and explained in easily understandable language and must contain:  (1) a statement of the present levels of physical, cognitive, psychosocial, communication, and self-help skill development for the infant or toddler with disabilities;  (2) a statement of the health status and medical needs of the child and family to support the highest possible development of the child, including the names of the health care providers;  (3) with concurrence of the family, a statement of the family's resources relating to enhancing the child's development;  (4) a statement of the major outcomes expected to be achieved for the child and the family and the methods used to measure progress toward the outcomes;  (5) a statement of specific early intervention services necessary to meet the needs of the child and family, including the frequency, intensity, and method of delivering services and payment arrangement, if any;  (6) the projected dates for initiation of services and the anticipated duration of services;  (7) the name of the service coordinator. The service coordinator is responsible for the implementation of the plan and coordination with other agencies and persons;  (8) the steps necessary to support transition of the child to other programs, if appropriate.  (B) The individualized family service plan must be developed within the time established by the department after the child initially is referred and after the assessment is completed. With the parent's consent early intervention services may begin before completion of the assessment or plan, provided an interim plan is developed. The plan serves as the comprehensive plan for all agencies involved in providing early intervention services to the child and family. Services must be provided in a timely manner, as established by the department, pending resolution of disputes among public agencies or service providers. The plan must be evaluated at least once a year and reviewed with the family at three-month intervals or more frequently, if appropriate.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2570. Fees for services; insurance.

 (A) Families must not be charged for early intervention services provided pursuant to this article.  (B) Nothing in this section relieves public or private insurance programs, or other persons or agencies required by law to provide or pay for early intervention services, from their financial or legal responsibilities.  (C) Pursuant to Subchapter VIII, Chapter 33, Title 20, U.S. Code Annotated, all financial resources from federal, state, local, and private sources must be coordinated to fund early intervention services. A joint funding plan must be submitted by the department to the Joint Legislative Committee on Children on or before August first of each year. The individual components of the plan as they relate to individual agencies must be incorporated annually into each affected agency's budget request.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, Section 53A; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 42.
SC Code § 44-7-2590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2590. Confidentiality of records and information; exceptions; penalties for unauthorized disclosure.

 All information and reports related to children and families obtained pursuant to this article are confidential as provided in Subchapter VIII, Chapter 33, Title 20, U.S. Code Annotated. A person who disseminates or permits the unauthorized dissemination of the information or reports is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2600. Reports to Joint Legislative Committee on Children.

 By August first of each year the department shall submit an annual report to the Joint Legislative Committee on Children regarding the status of the comprehensive interagency system, including new and existing resources and gaps in services.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2610. Local interagency coordinating councils.

 (A) County or multicounty local interagency coordinating councils (ICC) representing each county in the State must be established. Membership on each council must consist of parents, providers, local agencies, and government agencies.  (B) The function of the local ICC will be to advise and assist the state council and the department in planning and implementing a system of early intervention services at the local community level.  (C) Each local ICC shall report to the state council on the status of early intervention services in its county.  (D) With prior approval by the department and the state council, local ICC's may enter into local interagency agreements. Local ICC's may give advice and assistance to local early intervention projects. No member of a local ICC may vote on a matter which directly would benefit the member financially or otherwise appear to be a conflict of interest under state law.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-2920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2920. Criminal record check procedures.

 Criminal record checks required pursuant to this article must be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division or by a private business, organization, or association which conducts background checks if that entity utilizes current criminal records obtained from the State Law Enforcement Division or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine any criminal record. An applicant shall submit with the application one complete set of the applicant's fingerprints on forms specified or furnished by the State Law Enforcement Division. Fingerprint cards submitted to the State Law Enforcement Division pursuant to this section must be used to facilitate a national criminal records check, as required by this section. The criminal record check is not required to be repeated as long as the person remains employed by or continues to contract with a direct care entity; however, if a person is not employed by or is not under contract for one year or longer with a direct care entity, the criminal record check must be repeated before resuming employment or contracting with a direct care entity. The fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if any, for the fingerprint review must be paid by the individual direct caregiver or the direct care entity.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 242, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002; 2004 Act No. 264, Section 2, eff July 6, 2004.
SC Code § 44-7-2930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2930. Personnel records.

 A direct care entity may furnish copies of personnel records of current or former direct caregivers to another direct care entity requesting this information. Information contained in the records may include, but is not limited to, disciplinary matters and any reasons for termination. A direct care entity releasing these records pursuant to this section is presumed to be acting in good faith and is immune from civil and criminal liability which otherwise may result by reason of releasing this information. A direct care entity receiving records pursuant to this section shall conduct its own criminal record check pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 242, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002.
SC Code § 44-7-2940 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2940. Department of Health and Environmental Control oversight of criminal record checks by direct care entities; license renewals.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall verify that a direct care entity is conducting criminal record checks as required in this article before the department issues a renewal license for the direct care entity. The department shall act as the channeling agency for any federal criminal record checks required by this article.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 242, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002.
SC Code § 44-7-2950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-2950. Civil fines for violation of criminal record check requirements.

 An individual who violates this article, or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, is subject to a civil fine of one hundred dollars for the first violation and five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. A fine imposed pursuant to this section must be paid before a direct care entity's license is renewed. Fines collected pursuant to this section must be retained by the department to help offset the costs associated with carrying out the department's responsibilities under this article.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 242, Section 1, eff July 1, 2002.
SC Code § 44-7-3120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3120. Legal description of land and improvements.

 The legal description of the land and improvements thereon referenced in Section 44-7-3110(A) is as follows:  All that certain property and parcels of land in Charleston County together with improvements thereon lying on the north side of Albert B. Sabin Street, between Ashley Avenue and Jonathan Lucas Street consisting of the MUSC Teaching Hospital and the MUSC Children's Hospital but saving and excepting the Clinical Sciences Building and the Storm Eye Institute;  Together with a rectangular parcel located on the south side of Albert B. Sabin Street containing certain fuel oil tanks;  Together with the Psychiatric Institute located on the west side of President Street and the playground area located to the rear of such institute but saving and excepting the auditorium, the lobby area, and the University Services Building.  The above referenced properties are as shown on a survey prepared by Forsburg Engineering & Surveying, Inc., to be recorded and reference is made thereto for a description of the metes and bounds thereof.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-3130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3130. Nature of University Medical Associates (UMA).

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, University Medical Associates (UMA) is a public body as defined by Chapter 4, Title 30 (the Freedom of Information Act) for purposes of the act and the provisions of the act apply to records maintained by UMA.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-7-3140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3140. Employee grievances.

 Upon approval of the proposed sale or lease of MUSC's facilities and assets to HCA, HCA shall take the steps necessary to create an employee grievance committee for the review of all employee disciplinary actions and terminations by HCA. The grievance procedure must provide that the final decision in any grievance involving a former MUSC employee rests with the board of directors of MUSC and that the final decision in grievances involving HCA employees rests with the official designated by HCA.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-7-3150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3150. Consultation required.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as applicable, must consult the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education prior to granting authorization to effectuate the transaction provided for in this article.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 3.
SC Code § 44-7-3160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3160. Personal profiting prohibited.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon approval of the proposed lease and sale of Medical University of South Carolina facilities and assets, no one who is currently an employee of MUSC or UMA may personally profit from the transaction by accepting compensation or other financial incentives from the purchasing and/or leasing company if that individual played a substantial role in the negotiation process. As used in this section "substantial role" means a role where one is providing direct advice to the members of a negotiating team or being a member of a negotiating team.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 4.
SC Code § 44-7-3170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3170. Shared participation permitted.

 No condition of any lease or agreement shall restrict MUSC employees to shared participation with one company's health care third party providers.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 5.
SC Code § 44-7-3180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3180. Valuation of purchase upon default or expiration of lease.

 At the time of default by Columbia HCA or end of the lease, MUSC shall not be required to purchase the Medical Center as a going concern but rather at the appraised value of the tangible assets owned by the lessee as personal property inventory.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 6.
SC Code § 44-7-3190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3190. Written consent requirement for discontinuation or transfer of inpatient clinical service.

 Any discontinuation or transfer of any inpatient clinical service offered at the Medical Center shall be with the prior written consent of the MUSC Board of Trustees.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 7.
SC Code § 44-7-3200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3200. UMA agreements subject to review and approval; agreements must not conflict.

 All agreements between University Medical Associates and any of its servants, agents, and subsidiaries and partners are subject to review and approval by the Board of Trustees of the Medical University of South Carolina and the terms of any such agreements shall not conflict with the terms and conditions of the lease authorized by this section.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 8.
SC Code § 44-7-3210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3210. Co-payment for members of the General Assembly.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, including any provision of the Annual General Appropriations Act for FY 1996-97, members of the General Assembly must pay any co-payment or deductible as may be applicable for receiving services at a hospital facility in this State whether or not their services are provided by the MUSC hospital or its successor in interest.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 9.
SC Code § 44-7-3220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3220. Indigent patient services.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon approval of the proposed sale or lease of MUSC's facilities and assets, MUSC must maintain the current level of services currently offered to indigent patients at Charleston Memorial Hospital unless the MUSC Board of Trustees approves otherwise.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 10.
SC Code § 44-7-3230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3230. Guarantee of financial obligations.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any financial obligation under the agreements entered into by a subsidiary corporation must be unconditionally guaranteed by the ultimate parent corporation of the purchaser/tenant.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 390, Section 11.
SC Code § 44-7-3410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3410. Citation of article.

 This article may be cited as the "Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act".  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 146, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 8, 2005).
SC Code § 44-7-3420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts|Section 44-7-3420. Definitions.

 For purposes of this article:  (1) "Clinical staff" means persons who work in a hospital whose duties include the personal care or medical treatment of patients. "Clinical staff" includes, but is not limited to, credentialed physicians, physicians' assistants, nurses, nursing aides, medical technicians, therapists, and other individuals involved in the personal care or medical treatment of patients.  (2) "Clinical trainees" means persons who are receiving health care professional training in a hospital, either paid or unpaid, students or licensed professionals, whose training includes the personal care or medical treatment of patients. "Clinical trainees" includes, but is not limited to, resident physicians, medical students, nursing students, and other students and individuals in health care professional training in a hospital.  (3) "Credentialed caregiver" means a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant who is licensed to care for patients within his or her scope of practice.  (4) "Credentialed physician" means a licensed physician who has completed his or her postgraduate medical training who has medical staff privileges at a hospital.  (5) "Attending physician" means a licensed physician who has completed his or her postgraduate medical training and who has medical staff privileges at a hospital and who has primary responsibility for a patient's care while the patient is in the hospital.  (6) "Designee" means a credentialed physician or a credentialed caregiver whom a patient's attending physician has designated to care for the patient in the absence of the attending physician.  (7) "Medical student" means an individual enrolled in a program culminating in a degree in medicine.  (8) "Patient" means an individual who is being treated by a physician in a hospital and includes a patient's representative or an individual allowed by law to make health care decisions for a patient who is a minor or who is unable to consent to health care treatment for himself or herself, or both.  (9) "Resident physician" means an individual who is participating in any graduate medical education program and whose relationship to the patient is under the auspices of the medical education program.  (10) "Intern" means an individual who is an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 146, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 8, 2005).