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TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINING NURSES, SO AS TO ADD THE OVERMEDICATING OR UNDERMEDICATING OF A PATIENT BY A NURSE WHO MISREADS A PHYSICIAN'S ORDER AS A GROUND TO REVOKE THE NURSE'S LICENSE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-33-110 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:
"( ) Upon the board's finding that a licensed nurse misreads the physician's order and overmedicates or undermedicates a patient, the board shall revoke the person's license to practice nursing in this State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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