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SC Code § 44-78-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 78 - Emergency Services Non-resuscitation Order|Section 44-78-45. Health care provider or EMS personnel must honor order or bracelet; exceptions; transfer care of patient.

 (A) A health care provider and an EMS personnel shall follow the request of the patient and must not provide resuscitative measures when the patient has a "do not resuscitate order for emergency medical services" or is wearing a "do not resuscitate bracelet", except where the:  (1) order is revoked pursuant to Section 44-78-60; or  (2) bracelet, when applicable, appears to have been tampered with or removed.  (B) A health care provider or EMS personnel who cannot honor the order or bracelet immediately must transfer care of the patient to an EMS personnel or health care provider who will honor the order or bracelet.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 485, Section 2; 2016 Act No. 233 (H.4773), Section 8, eff June 3, 2016.
SC Code § 44-78-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 78 - Emergency Services Non-resuscitation Order|Section 44-78-50. Chapter not condonation of mercy killing; minors ineligible for "do not resuscitate orders"; compliance with article not suicide.

 (A) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia or to permit any affirmative action or deliberate act to end life other than to allow the natural process of dying.  (B) No person under the age of eighteen years may request or receive a "do not resuscitate order for emergency medical services" as provided for in this article.  (C) The withholding of resuscitative measures pursuant to this article does not constitute suicide for any purpose.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 485, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-78-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 78 - Emergency Services Non-resuscitation Order|Section 44-78-60. Means of revocation of "do not resuscitate order for emergency services".

 A patient may revoke a "do not resuscitate order for emergency services" by:  (1) mutilating, obliterating, or destroying the "do not resuscitate order for emergency medical services" document in any manner;  (2) orally expressing to an emergency medical technician, first responder, or to a person who serves as a member of an emergency health care facility's personnel, the desire to be resuscitated, after which the emergency medical technician, first responder, or the member of the emergency health care facility shall disregard the "do not resuscitate order for emergency medical services" document and, if applicable, promptly remove the bracelet;  (3) defacing, burning, cutting, or otherwise destroying the bracelet, if applicable; or  (4) removing the bracelet or asking another person to remove the bracelet.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 485, Section 2; 2016 Act No. 233 (H.4773), Section 9, eff June 3, 2016.
SC Code § 44-78-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 78 - Emergency Services Non-resuscitation Order|Section 44-78-65. Regulations to provide direction to emergency personnel in identifying patients having "do not resuscitate orders".

 The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control shall promulgate regulations necessary to provide direction to emergency personnel in identifying patients who have a "do not resuscitate order for emergency services".  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 485, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-79-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the Physical Fitness Services Act.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Physical fitness services" means facilities or services for the development of physical fitness through exercise or weight control. The term includes the facilities and services of health or exercise centers, clubs, studios, or classes; health spas; weight control centers, clinics, or studios; figure salons; tanning centers; and athletic or sport clubs. It does not include rehabilitative therapy administered by a licensed physical therapist.  (2) "Customer" or "member" means a person who contracts for the use of physical fitness services.  (3) "Major facility" means swimming pool, whirlpool, tennis courts, racquet or handball courts, indoor or outdoor track, gymnasium with exercise equipment, calisthenic room, or similar collection of physical fitness equipment.  (4) "Major service" means locations which have offices, treatment rooms, or counseling rooms but no major facilities and other treatments, visits, or sessions to reduce and control weight.  (5) "Center" means any person or organization which, for profit, offers physical fitness services, whether at multiple outlets bearing the same name or a single outlet. Any subsidiary of a center, operating under the same name and offering such services, is a part of the center.  (6) "Outlet" means a separate location of a center which is not physically connected with another center but which uses the same name.  (7) "Administrator" means the administrator of the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 69, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-40. Prohibited contractual provisions.

 No contract for physical fitness services may:  (1) have a duration of longer than twenty-four months, nor a duration measured by the life of the customer, the life of the center, or any similar indefinite term; provided, however, if a center demonstrates financial responsibility to the administrator of the Department of Consumer Affairs and has been in operation for five or more years in this State, it may offer contracts for physical fitness services for a duration of up to thirty-six months if approved in writing by the administrator;  (2) waive the required provisions of this chapter;  (3) provide that a right of action or defense of the customer may be cut off by assignment of the contract to a third person.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1; 1986 Act No. 467, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 298, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008).
SC Code § 44-79-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-50. Unenforceability of prohibited contractual provisions.

 Any provision of any contract for physical fitness services which does not comply with this chapter is unenforceable against the member.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-60. Permissible contractual provisions.

 A contract for physical fitness services may contain clauses which:  (1) provide for extension of the term of the agreement for a period equal to a period of temporary disability or pregnancy of the customer, or for any other just or reasonable cause;  (2) specify that the written contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties;  (3) provide for a renewal option, for a duration longer than one month but not more than twelve months, which to be enforceable must be exercised by the buyer in writing, or by payment by the buyer of part or all of the renewal price. A renewal option for a duration longer than one month may be exercised only near the expiration of any previous contract and for not more than twelve months;  (4) provide for an automatic renewal option, for a duration of no longer than one month, which to be enforceable must be disclosed in bold type of at least fourteen-point font on the front page of the contract and must be initialed by the customer. The customer will be given the ability to opt-in to the automatic renewal provision at the time the initial contract is executed by initialing an opt-in provision. Near the expiration of the initial contract, the facility shall notify the customer in writing at the customer's last known address of the automatic renewal option which the customer selected at the time the initial contract was executed. Price may not increase or decrease in an automatically renewed contract without written notice to the customer of at least thirty but not more than sixty days prior to the effective date of the change in price;  (5) specify that cancellation of a contract voids automatic renewal provisions.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 298, Section 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008).
SC Code § 44-79-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-70. Rights against successors to contract.

 Any right of action or defense which the member may raise based on the contract for physical fitness services is preserved against any assignee or successor to the contract.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-90. Promulgation of regulations.

 The administrator shall administer this chapter and may promulgate regulations, subject to the Administrative Procedures Act, necessary to carry out its provisions.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-100. Advertising disclosure requirements; providing of other information upon request.

 (1) No center shall advertise physical fitness services which are not operating or available without clearly and conspicuously disclosing in the advertisement that such are not presently operating or available.  (2) No center shall advertise physical fitness services which are not operating or available in each and every outlet unless the advertisement clearly and conspicuously discloses the facilities or services which are not operating or available at each outlet.  (3) Substantiation for physical fitness services advertising claims, and information necessary to determine the amount of the bonds required by this chapter, must be provided upon request of a circuit solicitor, the Attorney General, or the Department of Consumer Affairs.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-110. Exemptions.

 The State of South Carolina and its political subdivisions and any not-for-profit corporations are exempt from the terms of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-79-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 79 - Physical Fitness Services Act|Section 44-79-120. Violations and penalties.

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or be imprisoned for no more than three years, or both.  A violation of any provision of this chapter is considered a violation of Section 39-5-20 of the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 165, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-80-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-20. Department's responsibilities relating to POST form.

 The department shall:  (1) oversee the POST form and its future iterations;  (2) display a printable sample of the POST form currently being used by the department on the department's or a designee's publicly accessible website, along with any related information the department chooses to post; however, if posted on a designee's website, the department shall post a link on its website to the form and any related information;  (3) develop a statewide, uniform process for identifying a patient who has executed any advance directive, a POST form, or a combination of advance directives and a POST form;  (4) develop a process for collecting feedback to facilitate the periodic redesign of the POST form in accordance with current health care best practices;  (5) develop POST-related education efforts for health care professionals and the public; and  (6) promulgate regulations necessary to perform the duties assigned and ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-30. POST form must be uniform document; information included.

 (A) The POST form must be a uniform document based on the standards recommended by the National Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) paradigm and must include the information set forth in subsection (C).  (B) A copy, facsimile, or electronic version of a completed POST form is considered to be legal.  (C) The POST form must include the following information:  (1) patient name and contact information;  (2) date of birth;  (3) effective date of form;  (4) diagnosis;  (5) treatment plan;  (6) health care representative or health care agent contact information;  (7) CPR preference;  (8) medical intervention preferences;  (9) preferences for antibiotics; and  (10) assisted nutrition and hydration preferences.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-40. POST form deemed valid expression of patient's wishes; compliance.

 (A) A POST form executed in South Carolina as provided in this chapter, or a similar form executed in another jurisdiction in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction, must be deemed a valid expression of a patient's wishes as to health care. A South Carolina health care provider or health care facility may accept a properly executed POST form as a valid expression of whether the patient consents to the provision of health care in accordance with Section 44-66-60 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act.  (B) A health care provider or health care facility that is unwilling to comply with an executed POST form based on policy, religious beliefs, or moral convictions shall contact the patient's health care representative, health care agent, or the person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient pursuant to Section 44-66-30 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act, and the health care provider or health care facility shall allow the transfer of the patient to another health care provider or health care facility.  (C) A health care provider including, but not limited to, a physician, physician assistant, advance practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or emergency medical technician, who in good faith complies with a POST form, is not subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability or disciplinary penalty for complying with the POST form executed in accordance with this chapter and the Adult Health Care Consent Act.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-50. Revocation.

 (A) A POST form may be revoked at any time by an oral or written statement by the patient or a patient's legal representative.  (B) A revocation is only effective upon communication to the health care provider or health care facility by the patient or the patient's legal representative.  (C) The execution of a POST form by a patient, or the patient's legal representative, pursuant to this chapter automatically revokes any previously executed POST form.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-60. Immunity from civil and criminal liability.

 (A) Any individual acting in good faith as a legal representative who executes a POST form on behalf of an incapacitated patient in accordance with this chapter, the Adult Heath Care Consent Act, and regulations promulgated pursuant to those statutes is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for executing the POST form.  (B) A health care provider, health care facility, or other person who has not received actual notice of the revocation of a POST form and complies with the wishes stated in the POST form is not subject to civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for actions taken pursuant to this chapter which are in accordance with reasonable medical standards. This subsection provides an affirmative defense to any civil, criminal, or professional disciplinary action filed or instituted against a health care provider, health care facility, or other person for conduct authorized by this chapter.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-70. Construction of chapter.

 This chapter may not be construed to condone, authorize, or approve suicide, physician-assisted suicide, or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission of an act to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying. Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures pursuant to an executed POST form and in accordance with this chapter does not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide, homicide, or vulnerable adult abuse or neglect.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-80. Execution of POST form; affect on life insurance policy.

 (A) The executing of a POST form does not in any manner affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. A policy of life insurance is not legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures pursuant to this chapter notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.  (B) Execution of a POST form is voluntary. A health care provider, health care facility, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital plan may not require any person to execute a POST form as a condition of being insured for, or receiving, health care services.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-90. No presumption of patient's intent in absence of POST form; decisions regarding life-sustaining procedures; patient's wishes.

 (A) The absence of a POST form does not give rise to a presumption concerning the intent of a patient with respect to the consent to or refusal of life-sustaining procedures. A health care provider or health care facility must be guided by the patient's stated wishes, or if unable to consent or otherwise communicate, the wishes as stated by the patient's surrogate decision maker as provided in Section 44-66-30 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act, as well as the established standards of care.  (B) Nothing in this chapter may be interpreted to interfere with the right of an individual to make decisions regarding use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the individual is able to do so, or to impair or supersede any right or responsibility that any legal representative or other authorized person has to order the withholding or withdrawal of medical care in any lawful manner. In that respect, the provisions of this chapter are cumulative.  (C) The execution of a POST form is always voluntary and is for a person with an advanced illness. The POST form records a patient's wishes for medical treatment in the patient's current state of health. Preferred medical treatment as stated by the patient on the POST form may be changed at any time by the patient or a designated health care representative or health care agent of the patient to reflect the patient's new wishes. While no form can anticipate and address all medical treatment decisions that may need to be made, an advance health care directive applies regardless of health status. An advance directive allows a patient to document in detail future health care instructions and to name a health care agent to speak on the patient's behalf if the patient is unable to communicate to ensure that the patient's advance directive wishes as to life-sustaining medical treatment are fulfilled.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-100. POST form effective until revoked or new form executed; annual review and update.

 A POST form executed pursuant to this chapter remains effective until revoked or until a new POST form is executed pursuant to this chapter. Any physician who is responsible for the creation and execution of a POST form shall make reasonable efforts to periodically review and update the POST form with the patient as the patient's needs dictate but at least once per year.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-110. APRN may create, execute, and sign POST form under certain circumstances.

 An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) may create, execute, and sign a POST form if authorized to do so by his or her practice agreement. The POST form must be for a patient of the APRN, the physician with whom the APRN has entered into a practice agreement, or both.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-80-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 80 - Physician Orders For Scope Of Treatment|Section 44-80-120. PA may create, execute, and sign POST form under certain circumstances.

 A physician assistant (PA) may create, execute, and sign a POST form if authorized to do so by his or her scope of practice guidelines. The POST form must be for a patient of that PA, the PA's supervising physician, or both.  HISTORY: 2019 Act No. 89 (H.4004), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.
SC Code § 44-81-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 81 - Bill Of Rights For Residents Of Long-term Care Facilities|Section 44-81-10. Short title.

 This act may be cited as the "Bill of Rights for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities".  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 118, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-81-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 81 - Bill Of Rights For Residents Of Long-term Care Facilities|Section 44-81-20. Legislative findings.

 The General Assembly finds that persons residing within long-term care facilities are isolated from the community and often lack the means to assert their rights fully as individual citizens. The General Assembly recognizes the need for these persons to live within the least restrictive environment possible in order to retain their individuality and personal freedom. The General Assembly further finds that it is necessary to preserve the dignity and personal integrity of residents of long-term care facilities through the recognition and declaration of rights safeguarding against encroachments upon each resident's need for self-determination.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 118, Section 2.