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SC Code § 44-63-82 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-82. Matching of birth and death certificates.

 To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of birth certificates of deceased persons, the state registrar is authorized to match birth and death certificates and to post the fact of death to the appropriate birth certificate. Copies issued from birth certificates marked deceased must be similarly marked. In addition to those entitled to receive certified copies of birth certificates pursuant to Section 44-63-80, certified copies of birth certificates marked deceased may be issued to a member of the registrant's immediate family under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the state registrar.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-84 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-84. Persons to whom death certificate may be issued.

 Copies of death certificates may be issued to members of the deceased's family or their respective legal representatives. Upon request, the Department of Social Services or its designee must be provided with copies or certified copies of death certificates for the purpose of establishing paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation. Others who demonstrate a direct and tangible interest may be issued copies when information is needed for the determination of a personal or property right. Other applicants may be provided with a statement that the death occurred, the date, and county of death. However, when fifty years have elapsed after the date of death, these records become public records and any person may obtain copies upon submission of an application containing sufficient information to locate the record. For each copy issued or search of the files made, the state registrar shall collect the same fee as is charged for the issuance of certified copies or a search of the files for other records in his possession, except that the Department of Social Services or its designee may not be charged this fee.  When fifty years have elapsed after the date of death, these records must be made available in photographic or other suitable format for public viewing.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 12.
SC Code § 44-63-86 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-86. Persons to whom marriage certificates and reports of divorce may be issued.

 Copies of marriage certificates and reports of divorce registered with the Department of Health and Environmental Control must be issued to the parties married or divorced, their adult children, a present or former spouse of either party married or divorced, their respective legal representative, or 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. Other applicants may be provided with a statement that the marriage or divorce occurred, the date, and county of the event.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 13.
SC Code § 44-63-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-90. Issuance of certificate where birth has not been registered.

 When the birth of a person born in the State has not been registered, a certificate may be filed subject to these regulations prescribed by the state registrar of vital statistics. However, when it appears that an applicant for a certificate of birth cannot produce minimum prescribed documentation, satisfactory as to validity, to the state registrar, the applicant may be denied a certificate of birth and advised as to the reason for the denial. No delayed birth certificate may be registered for a deceased person.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1123; 1952 Code Section 32-1123; 1944 (43) 1209; 1970 (56) 2552; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-100. Registering birth by way of petition for Delayed Certificate of Birth Established by Court Order.

 (A) A petition may be filed in the South Carolina family court of petitioner's residence, or if petitioner no longer resides in South Carolina, in a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of petitioner's residence, for an order establishing a record of the name at birth, subsequent name changes, gender at birth, gender changes, date of birth, county of birth, and the full name of the mother prior to any marriages, and the full name of the biological father of the person whose birth is sought to be registered by way of a Delayed Certificate of Birth Established by Court Order.  (B) The petition must allege that the person for whom a delayed certificate of birth is sought was born in this State, that no record of birth exists, and that the petitioner has failed to produce the minimum required documentation to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics for an administrative establishment of a delayed birth certificate. A certification from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics must be attached to the petition stating that no birth record has been located in the records of this State. This certification must be dated less than two years before the petitions' filing date.  (C) The petitioner shall serve a certified copy of the filed petition on the State Registrar of Vital Statistics at least thirty days before a scheduled hearing. The court shall fix the time and place of the hearing on the petition for establishment of birth registration, and at least ten days' notice in writing must be given to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.  (D) The court shall determine, and the order must include, the registrant's name at birth, subsequent name changes, gender at birth, gender changes, the date of birth, the county of birth, the full name of the mother prior to any marriages, the full name of the biological father, and additional findings as the court considers necessary. The order also must include a description of the evidence presented to the court. The order must be forwarded by the clerk of court to the State Registrar no later than thirty days following the month in which the order was entered by the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1123.1; 1970 (56) 2552; 1986 Act No. 465; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 324, Section 1, eff June 6, 2006.
SC Code § 44-63-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-110. Fees.

 For making, furnishing, or certifying any card, certificate, or certified copy of the record, for filing a record amendment according to the provisions of Section 44-63-60, 44-63-80, 44-63-90 or 44-63-100, or for searching the record, when no card, certificate, or certified copy is made, a fee in an amount as determined by the Board of the Department of Health and Environmental Control must be paid by the applicant, except that the Department of Social Services or its designee is not required to pay a fee when the information is needed for the purpose of establishing paternity or establishing, modifying, or enforcing a child support obligation. The amount of the fee established by the board may not exceed the cost of the services performed and to the extent possible must be charged on a uniform basis throughout the State. When verification of the facts contained in these records is needed for Veterans Administration purposes in connection with a claim, it must be furnished without charge to the Veterans' Affairs Department of the Governor's Office or to a county veterans affairs officer upon request and upon the furnishing of satisfactory evidence that the request is for the purpose authorized in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1124; 1952 Code Section 32-1124; 1945 (44) 80; 1951 (47) 437; 1952 (47) 2146; 1956 (49) 2019; 1970 (56) 2552; 1978 Act No. 587 Section 2; 1979 Act No. 41 Section 2; 1979 Act No. 196 Section 1; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1139; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 14.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2019 Act No. 26, Section 4(C), references to the Division of Veterans' Affairs were changed to reflect the transfer of it to the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
SC Code § 44-63-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-120. Disposition of fees received by state registrar.

 The state registrar shall remit all fees received by him under the provisions of this chapter to the State Treasurer each month.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1126; 1952 Code Section 32-1126; 1951 (47) 437; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-150. Correction of mistakes in birth or death certificates.

 Correction of mistakes in birth and death certificates may be made by the state registrar upon written application duly verified and sworn to by the appropriate person as required by regulation and upon receipt of supporting evidence when required by regulation. Certificates corrected more than one year after the event must be marked "amended". The state registrar shall certify the corrected certificate is the true certificate. Supporting affidavits of fact must be attached to the certificate corrected more than one year after the date of the event.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1130; 1952 Code Section 32-1130; 1944 (43) 1209; 1970 (56) 2552; 1979 Act No. 41 Section 3; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-160. Amendment of birth record of legitimized child.

 To amend a birth record of a child legitimized under the provisions of Section 20-1-60 or 20-1-70, the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall require an affidavit of both parents and a certified copy of the parents' marriage record. However, if either the mother or the reputed father is deceased, if another man is shown as the father of the child on the original birth certificate, or if the original birth certificate states that the mother was married, a new certificate may be prepared only when a determination of paternity is made by the family court. The original birth certificate and documents authorizing the amendment must be placed in a sealed file not to be subject to inspection except upon order of the family court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1130.1; 1970 (56) 2552; 1979 Act No. 41 Section 4; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-63-161 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-161. Unlawful acts; penalties.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person:  (1) other than the Department of Health and Environmental Control and county health departments to issue copies or certified copies of birth and death certificates or a document purporting to be a birth or death certificate;  (2) to wilfully make a false statement in a certificate, record, or report required to be filed by this chapter or a regulation, or in an application for an amendment to or for a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report, or to wilfully supply false information intending that the information be used in the preparation or amendment of the certificate, record, or report;  (3) without lawful authority to wilfully make, sell, counterfeit, alter, amend, or mutilate a certificate, record, or report required to be filed by this chapter or a regulation or a certified copy of the certificate, record, or report;  (4) to wilfully obtain, possess, use, sell, furnish to another, or attempt to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another, for the purpose of deception, a certificate, record, report required to be filed by this chapter or a regulation, or a certified copy of these, including a certificate, record, or report or certified copy that has been counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated or a document purporting to be the certificate, record, or report;  (5) to wilfully violate a regulation or an order of the department relative to recording, reporting, or filing information for the Bureau of Vital Records.  (B) A person who violates a provision of item (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.  (C) A person who violates a provision of item (5) of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 587 Section 5; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 2003 Act No. 64, Section 1, eff June 25, 2003.
SC Code § 44-63-163 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-163. Birth certificate to be prepared after father is determined in paternity proceeding.

 Upon entry of a court order or an administrative determination that the putative father is the legal father pursuant to Section 63-17-70(A), the clerk of court shall send a report to the Registrar of the Division of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health and Environmental Control showing such information as may be required on an amended certificate of birth to be furnished by the Division of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. A new certificate must be prepared for a child born in this State to reflect the name of the father determined by the court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction upon receipt of a certified copy of a court or administrative determination of paternity pursuant to Section 63-17-10. Orders modifying, vacating, or amending paternity orders must be handled by the clerk of court and State Registrar in the same manner. If the surname of the child is not decreed by the court, the surname must not be changed on the certificate. When an amended certificate is prepared, the original certificate and certified copy of the court order must be placed in a sealed file not to be subject to inspection except by order of the family court.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1997 Act No. 71, Section 20; 2019 Act No. 42 (S.21), Section 2, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 42, Section 2, inserted the first sentence, in the second sentence, substituted "A new certificate" for "A certificate", inserted the third sentence, and in the fourth sentence, substituted "surname must not be changed" for "request for the certificate must specify the surname to be placed".
SC Code § 44-63-165 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-165. Birth certificate of illegitimate child to be prepared when father acknowledges paternity.

 A certificate must be prepared for a child born out of wedlock in this State to include the name of the father upon receipt of a sworn acknowledgment of paternity signed by both parents to include the surname by which the child is to be known. However, if the reputed father or the mother is deceased, if another man is shown as the father of the child on the original birth certificate or if the original birth certificate states that the mother was married, a new certificate may be prepared only when paternity has been determined or acknowledged pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 17, Title 63. A paternity acknowledgment must be provided to the State Department of Social Services from the appropriate state agency upon request at no charge for the purpose of establishing a child support obligation and otherwise a paternity acknowledgment is not subject to inspection except upon order of the Family Court.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1; 1995 Act No. 102, Part VI, Section 8; 2006 Act No. 324, Section 2, eff June 6, 2006.
SC Code § 44-63-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 63 - Vital Statistics|Section 44-63-180. Persons who may register statistical record of birth.

 Any individual born in this State prior to 1915 who has no official record of his birth may register a delayed birth certificate under the direction of the state registrar with the county health department in the county in which he was born. Nothing in this chapter makes the registration compulsory; however, a delayed birth certificate may not be registered for a deceased person as provided by Section 44-63-90.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1142; 1970 (56) 2555; 1988 Act No. 341, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-66-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 66 - Adult Health Care Consent Act|Section 44-66-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "Adult Health Care Consent Act".  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 472, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-66-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 66 - Adult Health Care Consent Act|Section 44-66-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Health care" means a procedure to diagnose or treat a human disease, ailment, defect, abnormality, or complaint, whether of physical or mental origin. Health care also includes the provision of intermediate or skilled nursing care; services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons; and the placement in or removal from a facility that provides these forms of care.  (2) "Health care provider" or "provider" means a person, health care facility, organization, or corporation licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this State to administer health care.  (3) "Health care professional" means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this State to provide health care to members of the public.  (4) "Patient" means an individual sixteen years of age or older who presents or is presented to a health care provider for treatment.  (5) "Person" includes, but is not limited to, an individual, a state agency, or a representative of a state agency.  (6) "Physician" means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy pursuant to Chapter 47, Title 40.  (7) "Treatment" means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate, and inpatient services and care that may be extended to a patient to diagnose and treat a human disease, ailment, defect, abnormality, or complaint, whether of physical or mental origin. Treatment includes, but is not limited to, psychiatric, psychological, substance abuse, and counseling services.  (8) "Unable to consent" means unable to appreciate the nature and implications of the patient's condition and proposed health care, to make a reasoned decision concerning the proposed health care, or to communicate that decision in an unambiguous manner. This term does not apply to minors, and this chapter does not affect the delivery of health care to minors unless they are married or have been determined judicially to be emancipated. A patient's inability to consent must be certified by two licensed physicians, each of whom has examined the patient. However, in an emergency the patient's inability to consent may be certified by a health care professional responsible for the care of the patient if the health care professional states in writing in the patient's record that the delay occasioned by obtaining certification from two licensed physicians would be detrimental to the patient's health. A certifying physician or other health care professional shall give an opinion regarding the cause and nature of the inability to consent, its extent, and its probable duration. If a patient unable to consent is being admitted to hospice care pursuant to a physician certification of a terminal illness required by Medicare, that certification meets the certification requirements of this item.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 472, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 306, Section 3; 2002 Act No. 351, Sections 2, eff July 20, 2002; 2013 Act No. 39, Section 2, eff January 1, 2014.
SC Code § 44-66-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 66 - Adult Health Care Consent Act|Section 44-66-40. Provision of health care without consent where there is serious threat to health of patient or to relieve suffering; person having highest priority to make health care decision.

 (A) Health care may be provided without consent to a patient who is unable to consent if no person authorized by Section 44-66-30 to make health care decisions for the patient is available immediately, and in the reasonable medical judgment of the attending physician or other health care professional responsible for the care of the patient, the delay occasioned by attempting to locate an authorized person, or by continuing to attempt to locate an authorized person, presents a substantial risk of death, serious permanent disfigurement, or loss or impairment of the functioning of a bodily member or organ, or other serious threat to the health of the patient. Health care for the relief of suffering may be provided without consent at any time that an authorized person is unavailable.  (B) Health care decisions on behalf of a patient who is unable to consent may be made by a person named in Section 44-66-30 if no person having higher priority under that section is available immediately, and in the reasonable medical judgment of the attending physician or other health care professional responsible for the care of the patient, the delay occasioned by attempting to locate a person having higher priority presents a substantial risk of death, serious permanent disfigurement, loss or impairment of the functioning of a bodily member or organ, or other serious threat to the health of the patient.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 472, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-66-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 66 - Adult Health Care Consent Act|Section 44-66-50. Provision of health care without consent to relieve suffering, restore bodily function, or to preserve life, health, or bodily integrity of patient.

 Health care may be provided without consent to a patient who is unable to consent if no person authorized by Section 44-66-30 to make health care decisions for the patient is reasonably available and willing to make the decisions, and, in the reasonable medical judgment of the attending physician or other health care professional responsible for the care of the patient, the health care is necessary for the relief of suffering or restoration of bodily function or to preserve the life, health, or bodily integrity of the patient.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 472, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-66-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 66 - Adult Health Care Consent Act|Section 44-66-60. No authority to provide health care to patient who is unable to consent where health care is against religious beliefs of patient or patients prior instructions.

 (A) Unless the patient, while able to consent, has stated a contrary intent to the attending physician or other health care professional responsible for the care of the patient, this chapter does not authorize the provision of health care to a patient who is unable to consent if the attending physician or other health care professional responsible for the care of the patient has actual knowledge that the health care is contrary to the religious beliefs of the patient.  (B) This chapter does not authorize the provision of health care to a patient who is unable to consent if the attending physician or other health care professional responsible for the care of the patient has actual knowledge that the health care is contrary to the patient's unambiguous and uncontradicted instructions expressed at a time when the patient was able to consent.  (C) This section does not limit the evidence on which a court may base a determination of a patient's intent in a judicial proceeding.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 472, Section 1.