Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 2871 Ratification Number: 120 Act Number 68 Introducing Body: House Subject: State Hospital Construction and Franchising Act
(A68, R120, H2871)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE STATE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND FRANCHISING ACT, SO AS TO DELETE FROM THE DEFINITION OF "HOSPITAL" THE PROVISION EXCLUDING FACILITIES FURNISHING SOLELY DOMICILIARY CARE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEFINITION OF "HOSPITAL" TO INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES PROVIDING CARE FOR NONAMBULATORY PERSONS; TO AMEND SECTION 44-7-310, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITAL OPERATION IN THE STATE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND FRANCHISING ACT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO REGULATE AND LICENSE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES PROVIDING CARE FOR NONAMBULATORY PERSONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Definitions
SECTION 1. Item (4) of Section 44-7-130, as last amended by Act 51 of 1979, is further amended to read:
"(4) 'Hospital' includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospital and related facilities such as outpatient facilities, nursing care facilities, intermediate care facilities, state health laboratories, nurses' training facilities, facilities for persons with developmental disabilities (formerly facilities for the mentally retarded), community mental health centers, including facilities for alcoholics and narcotic addicts, and residential care facilities providing care for nonambulatory persons."
License required
SECTION 2. Section 44-7-310 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 51 of 1979, is further amended to read:
"Section 44-7-310. No institution which maintains and operates organized facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of two or more nonrelated persons suffering from illness, injury, or deformity or where obstetrical or other care is rendered over a period exceeding twenty-four hours may be established, conducted, or maintained in the State without first obtaining a license in the manner provided in this article, except those facilities licensed by the South Carolina Mental Health Commission. The Department shall also regulate and license residential care facilities providing care for nonambulatory persons."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.