“Section 404720. In addition to the definitions provided in Section 40120, as used in this chapter unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ‘Active license’ means the status of an authorization to practice that has been renewed for the current period and authorizes the licensee to practice in this State. (2) ‘Administrative hearing officer’ means a physician designated by the board or director. (3) ‘Adverse disciplinary action’ means a final decision by a United States or foreign licensing jurisdiction, a peer review group, a health care institution, a professional or medical society or association, or a court, which action was not resolved completely in the licensee’s favor. (4) ‘Agreed to jointly’ means the agreement by the Board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners on delegated medical acts that nurses perform and that are promulgated by the Board of Nursing in regulation must be set out in a practice agreement as defined in item (11). (5) ‘Approved written protocols’ means specific statements developed collaboratively by the physician or the medical staff and the advanced practice registered nurse (NP, CNM, or CNS) that establish physician delegation for medical aspects of care, including the prescription of medications. (6) ‘Approved written scope of practice guidelines’ means specific statements developed by a physician or the medical staff and a physician assistant that establish physician delegation for medical aspects of care, including the prescription of medications. (76) ‘Board’ means the State Board of Medical Examiners for South Carolina. (87) ‘Boardapproved credentialing organization’ means an organization that offers a certification examination in a specialty area of practice, establishes scope and standards of practice statements, and provides a mechanism approved by the board for evaluating continuing competency in a specialized area of practice. (98) ‘Business days’ means every day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. (109) ‘Cancellation’ means the withdrawal or invalidation of an authorization to practice that was issued to an ineligible person either in error or based upon a false, fraudulent, or deceptive representation in the application process. (1110) ‘Certification’ means approval by an established body, other than the board, but recognized by the board, that recognizes the unique, minimal requirements of specialized areas of practice.
for reinstatement to full, unrestricted practice upon compliance with all terms and conditions imposed by the board. (5153) ‘Public reprimand’ means a publicly available statement of the board that a violation was committed by a person authorized to practice. (52) ‘Readily available’ means the physician must be in near proximity and is able to be contacted either in person or by telecommunications or other electronic means to provide consultation and advice to the nurse practitioner, certified nursemidwife, or clinical nurse specialist performing delegated medical acts. When application is made for more than three NP’s, CNM’s, or CNS’s to practice with one physician, or when a NP, CNM, or CNS is performing delegated medical acts in a practice site greater than fortyfive miles from the physician, the Board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners shall each review the application to determine if adequate supervision exists. (5354) ‘Registered Nurse’ means a person to whom the board has issued an authorization to practice as a registered nurse. (5455) ‘Restriction’ means a limitation on the activities in which a licensee may engage under an authorization to practice, including revocation, suspension, or probation. (5556) ‘Revocation’ means the cancellation or withdrawal of a license or other authorization issued by the board either permanently or for a period specified by the board before the person is eligible to reapply. A person whose license or other authorization has been permanently revoked by the board is permanently ineligible for a license or other authorization of any kind from the board. (5657) ‘Special education and training’ means an organized advanced course of study acceptable to the board, required to expand a nurse’s scope of practice. This educational training must be completed after graduation from one’s basic nursing education program and includes both theory and clinical practice. (5758) ‘Supervision’ means the process of critically observing, directing, and evaluating another’s performance. (5859) ‘Suspension’ means the temporary withdrawal of authorization to practice for either a definite or indefinite period of time ordered by the board. The holder of a suspended authorization to practice may petition the board for reinstatement to practice upon compliance with all terms and conditions imposed by the board. (5960) ‘State or jurisdiction in this country’ means a state of the United States or the District of Columbia and does not include a territory or dependency of the United States.