Legislation


S 613 – South Carolina

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2021
Link: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=613

Amend Section 4-33-42(c) of the 1976 Code, relating to restrictions on the delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel under the Nurse Practice Act, to provide an exception for certified medical assistances; amend article 1, chapter 47, title 40 of the 1976 code, relating to physicians and miscellaneous health care professionals, by adding section 40-47-196, to specify tasks that can be delegated to certified medical assistant; to delete section 40-47-30(a)(5) and section 40-47-935(c) of the 1976 Code, relating to the relevance of the South Carolina physician assistants practice act to prohibiting a licensed physician from delegating tasks to unlicensed personnel and to a PA delegating certain tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel; and to define necessary terms.


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