An Act to Amend Section 40-33-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, Relating to Definitions in the Nurse Practice Act, So as to Revise These Definitions; to Amend Section 40-33-34, Relating to Requirements for the Performance of Medical Acts, Qualifications for Licensure, and Scope and Standards of Practice Concerning Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, So as to Revise These Requirements, to Allow the Performance of Certain Additional Medical Acts, to Revise the Prescriptive Authority of Certain Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with Respect to Controlled Substances and Narcotics, and to Define Necessary Terms, Among Other Things; to Amend Section 40-33-110, Relating to Grounds for Discipline Under the Nurse Practice Act, So as to Include Engaging in Practice as a Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Certified Nurse-midwife Without a Compliant Practice Agreement, Failing to Comply with Such a Practice Agreement, and Knowingly Holding Oneself to Be Misrepresented as a Physician; to Amend Section 40-47-20, Relating to Definitions Concerning the Board of Medical Examiners, So as to Revise Several Definitions Affecting the Scope of Practice of Certain Licensees of the Nursing Board; to Amend Section 40-47-110, Relating to Grounds for Discipline Concerning Licensees of the Board of Medical Examiners, So as to Include Engaging in Practice with a Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Certified Nurse-midwife Without a Compliant Practice Agreement or Failing to Comply with Such a Practice Agreement; to Amend Section 40-47-195, Relating to Physicians Supervising Medical Acts, So as to Provide Licensure Qualifications and Practice Agreement Requirements for Physicians and Medical Staff Who Engage in Practice with Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse-midwives, or Clinical Nurse Specialists, and to Provide the Board of Medical Examiners Is Authorized to Conduct Random Audits of Practice Agreements; to Amend Section 40-47-935, Relating to Acts and
It became law on May 31, 2018.
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- May 31, 2018
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