South Carolina Senate Bill 517

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-15 - Scrivener's error corrected
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 40-33-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Provide Full Practice Authority To A Licensed Aprn, To Provide Scope Of Practice Of Medical Acts For A Licensed Aprn, To Provide A Means For A Certified Nurse Midwife To Obtain An Aprn License, To Define Full Practice Authority, To Define Graduate Registered Nurse-midwife, And To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 40-33-34, Relating To The Performance Of Medical Acts, Qualifications, Practice Agreements, Prescriptive Authorization, Anesthesia Care, And Definitions, So As To Provide For Scope Of Practice To Include Prescribing Medications And Controlled Substances, And To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 40-33-42, Relating To The Delegation Of Tasks To Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, So As To Provide For The Administration Of Medications As The Responsibility Of A Licensed Nurse As Prescribed By The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; By Amending Section 40-33-110, Relating To Grounds For Discipline Of Licensees, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 40-47-37, Relating To The Practice Of Telemedicine And Requirements, So As To Provide For The Scope Of Practice Of An Aprn To Include Telemedicine; By Amending Section 40-47-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 40-47-110, Relating To Misconduct Constituting Grounds For Disciplinary Action, Temporary Suspensions, Review Of Final Actions, Conduct Subverting Security Or Integrity Of Medical Licensing Examination Process, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Amending Section 40-47-113, Relating To The Establishment Of A Physician-patient Relationship As A Prerequisite To Prescribing Drugs, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 40-47-195, Relating To Supervising Physicians And Scope Of Practice Guidelines, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

APRN Scope of Practice

Sen. Thomas Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-15		Scrivener's error corrected
2023-02-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2023-02-09	Senate	Introduced and read first time

S0553 (Similar To) 2023-03-02 - Scrivener's error corrected
H4272 (Similar To) 2023-04-20 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Collins

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	33	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	33	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	33	34	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	33	42	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	113	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	195	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
40	47	37	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0517&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/517_20230209.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/517_20230215.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/fiscalimpactstatements/S0517%202023-02-09%20introduced.pdf