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Section 44-61-10. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Emergency Medical Services...
Section 44-61-20. Definitions. - As used in this article, and unless otherwise specified, the...
Section 44-61-30. Standards and regulations for improvement of emergency medical services; creation and membership of Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. - (A) The Department of Health and Environmental Control, with the...
Section 44-61-40. Required licenses and permits; applications; requirement to retain medical control physician; renewals. - (A) A person, firm, corporation, association, county, district, municipality, or...
Section 44-61-50. Ambulance permits. - A vehicle must not be operated as an ambulance, unless...
Section 44-61-60. Ambulance equipment requirements. - (A) Such equipment as deemed necessary by the department must...
Section 44-61-65. First responder licensing requirements. - Organizations applying for emergency medical responder licensure must comply with...
Section 44-61-70. Suspension or revocation of license or permit; penalty. - (A) The department may enforce rules, regulations, and standards promulgated...
Section 44-61-80. Emergency medical technician certificate; educational standards; examination; state criminal history background check; renewal; misconduct. - (A) All ambulance attendants shall obtain a valid emergency medical...
Section 44-61-90. Records to be kept by ambulance service licensees. - Each licensee shall maintain records that include approved patient care...
Section 44-61-100. Exemptions. - The following are exempted from the provisions of this article:...
Section 44-61-110. Restriction on financial aid. - No financial grants or funds administered by the State for...
Section 44-61-120. Development of plan; guidelines for administration of epinephrine by paramedic emergency medical technicians. - The department shall develop a comprehensive statewide emergency medical services...
Section 44-61-130. Authority of emergency medical technicians. - A certified emergency medical technician may perform any function consistent...
Section 44-61-140. Chapter does not limit presently operating rescue units. - This article must not be construed as limiting presently operating...
Section 44-61-160. Confidentiality of data; exceptions; penalty. - (A) The identities of patients and emergency medical technicians mentioned,...
Section 44-61-300. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Children's Emergency Medical...
Section 44-61-310. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Advanced life support" means...
Section 44-61-320. Establishment of program. - There is established within the Department of Health and Environmental...
Section 44-61-330. Scope of program; gathering of data. - (A) The EMSC Program must include, but is not limited...
Section 44-61-340. Confidentiality of data; exceptions; penalty. - (A) The identities of patients and emergency medical technicians mentioned,...
Section 44-61-350. Advisory Committee. - (A) There is established the Emergency Medical Services for Children...
Section 44-61-510. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Department" means the South...
Section 44-61-520. Trauma care standards and regulations; revocation of designation; fines. - (A) The Department of Health and Environmental Control, with the...
Section 44-61-530. Trauma Advisory Council; membership. - (A) There is established the Trauma Advisory Council composed of,...
Section 44-61-540. South Carolina State Trauma Care Fund established; administration; funding contingency. - (A) There is created the South Carolina State Trauma Care...
Section 44-61-550. Trauma Registry; confidentiality. - (A) The department may establish a trauma data collection and...
Section 44-61-610. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "Stroke System of...
Section 44-61-620. Legislative findings. - The General Assembly finds that: (1) An effective system to...
Section 44-61-630. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Department" means the South...
Section 44-61-640. Identification of hospitals as primary stroke centers and stroke enabled centers; certification by nationally recognized organizations; designation of acute stroke capable centers; notification of loss of recognition. - (A) The director shall identify hospitals that meet the criteria...
Section 44-61-650. Stroke System of Care Advisory Council; members; terms; responsibility; service without compensation; progress report. - (A) There is established a Stroke System of Care Advisory...
Section 44-61-660. List of stroke centers to be posted on website; distribution of standardized stroke-triage assessment tool; implementation of statewide system of stroke care. - (A)(1) The department, before June first of each year, shall...
Section 44-61-670. Duties of department; confidentiality of health care information. - (A) The department, in consultation with the Stroke System of...
Section 44-61-680. Limitation of application of article. - This article is not a medical practice guideline and may...
Section 44-61-690. Regulations; duties contingent on funding and promulgation of regulations. - (A) The department has the authority to promulgate regulations to...
Section 44-61-710. Purpose. - In order to protect the public through verification of competency...
Section 44-61-720. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Advanced emergency medical technician"...
Section 44-61-730. Home state licensure. - (A) Any member state in which an individual holds a...
Section 44-61-740. Compact privilege to practice. - (A) Member states shall recognize the privilege to practice of...
Section 44-61-750. Conditions of practice in a remote state. - An individual may practice in a remote state under a...
Section 44-61-760. Relationship to Emergency Management Assistance Compact. - Upon a member state's governor's declaration of a state of...
Section 44-61-770. Veterans, service members separating from active duty military, and their spouses. - (A) Member states shall consider a veteran, active military service...
Section 44-61-780. Adverse actions. - (A) A home state shall have exclusive power to impose...
Section 44-61-790. Additional powers invested in a member state's EMS authority. - A member state's EMS authority, in addition to any other...
Section 44-61-800. Establishment of the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice. - (A)(1) The compact states hereby create and establish a joint...
Section 44-61-810. Coordinated database. - (A) The Commission shall provide for the development and maintenance...
Section 44-61-820. Rulemaking. - (A) The Commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to...
Section 44-61-830. Oversight; dispute resolution; enforcement. - (A)(1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government...
Section 44-61-840. Date of implementation; associated rules; withdrawal; amendment. - (A) The compact shall come into effect on the date...
Section 44-61-850. Construction and severability. - This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate...