2013-2014 Bill 3902: Health care practitioners - South ...



South Carolina General Assembly120th Session, 2013-2014H. 3902STATUS INFORMATIONGeneral BillSponsors: Reps. Finlay, Henderson, Quinn, Bingham, Atwater and D.C.?MossDocument Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11187vr13.docxIntroduced in the House on April 9, 2013Currently residing in the House Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal AffairsSummary: Health care practitionersHISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONSDateBodyAction Description with journal page number4/9/2013HouseIntroduced and read first time (House Journalpage?50)4/9/2013HouseReferred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journalpage?50)VERSIONS OF THIS BILL4/9/2013A BILLTO AMEND SECTION 4473420, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF TERMS USED IN THE LEWIS BLACKMAN HOSPITAL PATIENT SAFETY ACT, SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS FOR “HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER” AND “HEALTH CARE FACILITY”; AND BY ADDING SECTION 4473435 SO AS TO REQUIRE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS TO WEAR IDENTIFICATION BADGES DISPLAYING CERTAIN INFORMATION. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:SECTION1.Section 4473420 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 146 of 2005, is amended by adding appropriately numbered items at the end:“( )‘Health care practitioner’ means a person who provides health care in South Carolina and is regulated by Title 40.( )‘Health care facility’ means a setting in South Carolina, other than a hospital, where health care services are rendered.”SECTION2.Article 27, Chapter 7, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:“Section 4473435.All health care practitioners providing health care in a health care facility shall wear badges clearly stating their names, using at a minimum either first or last names with appropriate initials, their job or trainee titles, level of training, and name of state licensing board under which they are regulated. This information must be clearly visible and must be stated in terms reasonably understandable to the average person, as recognized by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.”SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.XX ................
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