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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-520. Intent.

(A) It is the intent of this article to require the State to provide direction, supervision, regulation, and control over approved cooperative agreements through the department and the Attorney General. This state direction, supervision, regulation, and control of cooperative agreements will provide immunity for health care providers, health provider networks, or purchasers who participate in discussions or negotiations authorized by this article from civil liability and criminal prosecution under federal or state antitrust laws.
(B) A health care provider, health provider network, or health care purchaser may negotiate, enter into, and conduct business pursuant to a cooperative agreement without being subject to damages, liability, or scrutiny under any state antitrust law. In addition, conduct in negotiating and entering into a cooperative agreement for which an application for a certificate of public advantage is filed in good faith is immune from challenge or scrutiny under state antitrust laws, regardless of whether a certificate is issued. It is the intention of the General Assembly that this article immunizes covered activities from challenge or scrutiny under federal antitrust laws. Nothing in this subsection creates immunity for a person for conduct in negotiating or entering into a cooperative agreement for which an application for a certificate of public advantage is not filed.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-530. Cooperative agreements.

A health care provider, health care purchaser, or health provider network may negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with other health care providers or health provider networks or health care purchasers if the likely benefits resulting from the agreements outweigh any likely disadvantages resulting from the agreements. Parties to a cooperative agreement may apply to the department for a certificate of public advantage. The application must include an executed written copy of the cooperative agreement and describe the nature and scope of the cooperation in the agreement and any monetary or other consideration passing to a party under the agreement including change of ownership, merger, or other change in control of the assets of either party. Information obtained by the department under this section must be available to the public unless the department certifies the information as being proprietary. The department may make this certification where a person shows to the satisfaction of the department that the information should be proprietary. The department may require an application fee from the submitting parties sufficient to cover the cost of processing the application.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-540. Publish; notice of receipt of application.

Upon receipt of an application, the department shall publish in the State Register notice of receipt of the application. The department shall review the application in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 44-7-560 and if requested by an affected person within thirty days of the department's receipt of a completed application, may hold a public hearing in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department. Within thirty days of receipt of the application, the department may request additional information as may be necessary to complete the application. The applicant has thirty days from the date of the request to submit the additional information. If the applicant fails to submit the requested information within the thirty-day period, the application is considered withdrawn. However, the department may grant one fifteen-day extension for the applicant to submit this information. The department shall grant or deny the application within sixty days after receipt of a completed application or from the date of the public hearing, if one is requested, and that decision must be in writing and must set forth the basis for the decision. The department shall furnish a copy of the decision to the applicants and any affected persons who have asked to be notified. The department shall publish its decisions in the State Register.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-550. Review of application; advisement by the Attorney General to the department to approve or deny application.

(A) Upon receipt of a completed application the department shall forward a copy of the application to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall review the request not later than thirty days after receiving the completed application. The Attorney General may advise the department, in writing, to approve or deny the application. Failure by the Attorney General to notify the department within thirty days of receiving a completed application constitutes a recommendation for approval of the request. Advisement by the Attorney General to the department to deny a request shall set forth the reasons for the denial.
(B) Upon receipt of the advice of the Attorney General or at the end of the review period outlined in Section 44-7-540, the department shall issue an order approving or denying the application for a certificate of public advantage. Upon request from the applicant or an affected person, the department's order to approve or deny the application for the certificate is entitled to judicial review in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-570. Monitoring and regulating agreements by the department.

(A) The department shall actively monitor and regulate agreements approved under this article and may request information whenever necessary to ensure that the agreements remain in compliance with the conditions of approval. The department shall charge an annual fee to cover the cost of monitoring and regulating these agreements, including certificates of public advantage. During the time the certificate is in effect, a report on the activities pursuant to the cooperative agreement must be filed with the department every two years so that the department shall determine that the cooperative agreement continues to comply with the terms of the certificate of public advantage. The department may revoke a certificate upon a finding that:
(1) the agreement is not in substantial compliance with the terms of the application or the conditions of approval; or
(2) the likely benefits resulting from the certified agreement no longer outweigh any disadvantages attributable to any potential reduction in competition resulting from the agreement; or
(3) the department's certification was obtained as a result of intentional material misrepresentation to the department or as the result of coercion, threats, or intimidation toward any party to the cooperative agreement.
(B) A decision by the department to revoke a certificate of public advantage is entitled to judicial review in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
(C) Nothing in this article limits the authority of the Attorney General to initiate civil enforcement action or criminal prosecution upon the determination that health care providers, health provider networks, or health care purchasers have exceeded the scope of the certificate of public advantage approved by the department. A review by the Attorney General must be conducted according to the standards set forth in this article.
(D) The department shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this article including any fees and application costs associated with the monitoring and oversight of cooperative agreements approved under this article.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 5.B, eff July 1, 2009.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-580. Maintaining on file all cooperative agreements which certificates of public advantage remain in effect.

The department shall maintain on file all cooperative agreements for which certificates of public advantage remain in effect. A dispute among the parties to a cooperative agreement concerning its meaning or terms is governed by normal principles of contract or other applicable law. A party to a cooperative agreement who terminates the agreement shall notify the department within fifteen days of the termination. If all parties terminate their participation in the cooperative agreement, the department shall revoke the certificate of public advantage for the agreement.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 437, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-610. Petition for establishment of public hospital or tuberculosis camp.

A petition may be presented to the legislative delegation of any county in this State, signed by two hundred residents or freeholders of such county or two thirds of the freeholders of any township, city or town, requesting the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital or tuberculosis camp in such county, township, city or town and specifying the maximum amount of money proposed to be expended in purchasing or building such hospital or tuberculosis camp.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-801; 1952 Code Section 32-801; 1942 Code Section 5136; 1932 Code Section 5136; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-620. Election.

Upon the filing of such petition, the county legislative delegation shall submit the question to the qualified electors of the county, township, city or town at a special election called for that purpose, first giving ninety days' notice thereof in one or more newspapers published in the county, township, city or town, if any be published therein, and by posting such notice, written or printed, in each township of the county in case of a county hospital or tuberculosis camp, or at three conspicuous places in the township, city or town in case of a township, city or town hospital or tuberculosis camp. Such election shall be held at the usual places in such county, township, city or town as provided for other elections, and the votes shall be canvassed in the same manner as in any election for officers for such county, township, city or town.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-802; 1952 Code Section 32-802; 1942 Code Section 5137; 1932 Code Section 5137; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-630. Filing results of elections and amount of bonds authorized.

The said legislative delegation shall file with the governing body of the county, if the election was for a county or township hospital or tuberculosis camp, or with the town council if the election was for a city or town hospital or tuberculosis camp, a detailed statement of the votes cast for the hospital or tuberculosis camp and, if a majority of the qualified voters at such election shall be in favor of building and maintaining such hospital or tuberculosis camp, the amount of bonds to be issued, and in such case such governing body or town council shall issue bonds of the county, township, city or town in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount required for the purpose of building such hospital as voted for by the freeholders.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-803; 1952 Code Section 32-803; 1942 Code Sections 5137, 5138; 1932 Code Sections 5137, 5138; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-640. Sale, terms, and execution of bonds.

Such bonds shall be issued and sold from time to time after their date to the highest bidder for cash at not less than par and in such denominations as the officials shall determine. They shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum, payable semiannually, and to each bond shall be attached coupons for the semiannual interest from date to maturity. Such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the governing body of the county or mayor of any town or city, and the lithographed signature shall be a sufficient signing of the coupons on the bonds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-804; 1952 Code Section 32-804; 1942 Code Section 5139; 1932 Code Section 5139; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-650. Custody and disbursement of proceeds of bond sale.

The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be placed in the county, city, town or township treasury and shall be kept by the treasurer of such office and paid out upon the orders of the governing body of the county or the city or town council for the purposes herein mentioned.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-805; 1952 Code Section 32-805; 1942 Code Section 5140; 1932 Code Section 5140; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-660. Annual tax.

In order to meet the principal and interest of such bonds as they mature, the auditor of the county or the clerk of the council of any town or city shall annually levy upon all of the property of such county, township, city or town taxes not exceeding two mills and for a period of time not exceeding twenty years, the proceeds from such levy to be paid out by the proper officers for the retirement of the principal and interest on any bonds sold.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-806; 1952 Code Section 32-806; 1942 Code Section 5141; 1932 Code Section 5141; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-670. Selection and terms of trustees.

Should the majority of the qualified electors voting upon the question be in favor of such county, township, city or town hospital or tuberculosis camp, the county legislative delegation of such county shall proceed to appoint not more than seven nor less than three trustees to be chosen from citizens at large with reference to their fitness for such office, part of whom may be women, and all residents of the county, township, city or town, who shall constitute the trustees for such hospital or tuberculosis camp. The trustees shall hold their offices for two years or until their successors shall be appointed. Provided, that in Allendale County there may be appointed not more than nine trustees.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-807; 1952 Code Section 32-807; 1942 Code Section 5142; 1932 Code Section 5142; 1925 (34) 239; 1967 (55) 382.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-680. Oath of trustees; organization as board.

The trustees shall within ten days after their appointment qualify by taking the oath required of other officers of the State and organize as a board of hospital trustees by the election of one of their number as chairman and one as secretary and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary. But no bonds shall be required of them.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-809; 1952 Code Section 32-809; 1942 Code Section 5143; 1932 Code Section 5143; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-690. Treasurer.

The treasurer of the county, township, city or town in which the hospital or tuberculosis camp is located shall be the treasurer of the board of trustees. He shall receive and pay out all moneys under the control of the board as directed by it.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-810; 1952 Code Section 32-810; 1942 Code Section 5143; 1932 Code Section 5143; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-700. Compensation of treasurer and trustees.

The treasurer shall receive no compensation for his services, and no trustee shall receive compensation for his services, but he may receive reimbursement for any cash expenditures actually made for personal expenses incurred as such trustee.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-811; 1952 Code Section 32-811; 1942 Code Section 5143; 1932 Code Section 5143; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-710. Meetings of board; records.

The board of trustees shall hold meetings at least once each month and shall keep a complete record of all proceedings.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-812; 1952 Code Section 32-812; 1942 Code Section 5144; 1932 Code Section 5144; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-720. Powers of board.

The board of trustees when so organized shall adopt and promulgate such rules, regulations and bylaws for the government of the hospital or tuberculosis camp as may be deemed expedient for the economic and equitable conduct thereof. It shall have control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the hospital or tuberculosis camp, the construction of any building or buildings and the care of the grounds, rooms and buildings purchased. It may also appoint a superintendent, an assistant superintendent and a matron, fix their compensation and do all things necessary to carry out the establishment and maintenance of the hospital or tuberculosis camp.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-813; 1952 Code Section 32-813; 1942 Code Section 5144; 1932 Code Section 5144; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-730. Prerequisites to construction of hospital.

No hospital building shall be erected or constructed until plans and specifications have been made therefor and adopted by the board of hospital trustees and bids advertised for according to the law and custom in regard to other county buildings.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-814; 1952 Code Section 32-814; 1942 Code Section 5144; 1932 Code Section 5144; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-740. Municipal jurisdiction.

The jurisdiction of the city or town in or near which a public hospital or tuberculosis camp is located shall extend over all land used for hospital or tuberculosis camp purposes outside the corporate limits, and all ordinances of such city or town shall be in full force and effect in and over the territory occupied by such public hospital or tuberculosis camp.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-815; 1952 Code Section 32-815; 1942 Code Section 5147; 1932 Code Section 5147; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-750. Beneficiaries of hospital.

Every hospital established under the provisions of this article shall be for the benefit of the inhabitants of such county, township, city or town and any persons falling sick or being injured or maimed within its limits. In order to render the hospital or tuberculosis camp of the greatest use to the greatest number, the board may exclude from the use of such hospital or tuberculosis camp any person who shall wilfully violate the rules and regulations made by the board of trustees. And the board may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of such county, township, city or town upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed from time to time by its rules and regulations.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-816; 1952 Code Section 32-816; 1942 Code Sections 5146, 5147; 1932 Code Sections 5146, 5147; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-760. Payment for service.

Every person who is financially able shall pay to the board of hospital trustees or such officers as it shall designate for such county or public hospital or tuberculosis camp such reasonable compensation as he is able to pay for occupying a bed in such hospital or camp or being nursed, cared for or maintained therein according to the rules and regulations of the board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-817; 1952 Code Section 32-817; 1942 Code Section 5146; 1932 Code Section 5146; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-770. No discrimination made between legal schools of medicine.

In the management of such hospital or tuberculosis camp no discrimination shall be made against any practitioner of any school of medicine recognized by the laws of this State, and all such legal practitioners shall have the privilege of treating patients in such hospital or tuberculosis camp.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-818; 1952 Code Section 32-818; 1942 Code Section 5147; 1932 Code Section 5147; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-780. Donations.

Any person desiring to make donations of money, personal property or real estate for the benefit of any such hospital or tuberculosis camp may vest title to the property so donated in any county, township, city or town, to be controlled when accepted by the board of hospital trustees according to the terms of the deed.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-820; 1952 Code Section 32-820; 1942 Code Section 5145; 1932 Code Section 5145; 1925 (34) 239.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-910. Authority to establish and maintain hospital.

Any city or town in this State having a population of not less than one thousand inhabitants and not more than five thousand, according to the 1940 census of the United States, may establish, construct, operate and maintain a municipal hospital, either within or without its corporate limits, and issue bonds and levy taxes for that purpose.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-841; 1952 Code Section 32-841; 1945 (44) 284.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-920. Petition and election on establishment and maintenance of hospital.

Before any such city or town may establish and build a hospital under the terms of this article, a petition, signed by a majority of the freeholders of such municipality, shall be presented to the city council, setting forth the purpose thereof and the amount of the bonded indebtedness to be incurred, if any, with the request that the question of the establishment and maintenance of a municipal hospital be submitted to the qualified electors of such municipality, either in a special election called for that purpose or at the time of the regular election of city officials. Upon receipt of such petition, the city council may, by ordinance or resolution setting forth the purposes of the election, the amount of the proposed bonded indebtedness to be incurred, if any, and any other pertinent facts, order an election for that purpose, first giving at least thirty days' notice of such election before the holding thereof, with the question or questions to be submitted, in one or more newspapers published in such city or town, if one be published therein and, if not, then in the newspaper published nearest to such city or town and having general circulation therein, and posting notices of the election in three conspicuous places in such city or town. Such election shall be held at the usual place or places in such city or town according to the law governing municipal elections therein, and the votes shall be canvassed and the results declared in the same manner as in the election of officers for such municipality.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-842; 1952 Code Section 32-842; 1945 (44) 284.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-930. Election and membership of board of trustees.

If a majority of the qualified voters at such election shall vote in favor of the establishment, construction, operation and maintenance of a municipal hospital, the council of the city or town shall elect a board of trustees of such hospital, consisting of three members, one of whom shall be elected for a term of three years, another for a term of two years and the other for a term of one year. Thereafter each member's successor shall be elected by the council for a term of three years. In the event of a vacancy by death, resignation or change of residence by any trustee from the limits of the city, the council shall immediately elect a trustee to fill the unexpired term.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-843; 1952 Code Section 32-843; 1945 (44) 284.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-940. Oath, organization, and compensation of trustees.

The persons elected trustees of any such municipal hospital shall qualify by taking the oath of office required of other officials of the municipality and shall organize as a board of trustees of such hospital by the election of one of their number as chairman and one as secretary. The trustees of such hospital shall receive no compensation for their services as trustees, but may be reimbursed for any cash expenditures actually made for personal expenses incurred in the fulfillment of their duties of the office.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-844; 1952 Code Section 32-844; 1945 (44) 284.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-950. Meetings and records of board of trustees.

The board of trustees of any such hospital shall meet once each month for the transaction of business and oftener if necessary. It shall keep a complete record of all contracts, rules and regulations and of all proceedings of the board and also a record of all moneys received and all expenditures and disbursements made and shall file a copy of such records at the end of every month with the city clerk for review and approval by the city council.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-845; 1952 Code Section 32-845; 1945 (44) 284.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-960. Duties and compensation of treasurer.

The treasurer of the city or town in which the hospital is to be established shall serve as the treasurer of the hospital board of trustees, in addition to his regular duties, without additional compensation to himself unless the governing body of such city or town shall provide for and pay additional compensation. He shall receive and be responsible for all funds of the hospital delivered to him, and he shall pay out such funds as directed by the hospital board of trustees.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-846; 1952 Code Section 32-846; 1945 (44) 284.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 44 - Health › Chapter 7 - Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps And Health Services Districts › Section 44-7-970. Issuance of bonds.

If a majority of the qualified voters in the election held for the establishment of a hospital shall also vote for the issuance of bonds in a designated sum recited in the petition calling for an election and in the notices of such election and stated on the ballots, for the purposes of purchasing the required real estate and constructing and equipping the hospital building or buildings, the city or town council may proceed to issue and sell municipal coupon bonds, in the name of the municipality, in a sum not exceeding that voted for in the election.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-847; 1952 Code Section 32-847; 1945 (44) 284.