S.C. Code Ann. § 40-47-970

Limitations on permissible medical act, task, or function PA may perform

Known as the South Carolina Physician Assistants Practice Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (23 sections).

2000 Act No. 359, SECTION 1; 2006 Act No. 244, SECTION 8; 2013 Act No. 28, SECTION 10, eff May 21, 2013; 2019 Act No. 32 (S.132), SECTION 2, eff August 11, 2019.

A PA may not:

(1) perform a medical act, task, or function which has not been listed approved on the scope of practice guidelines;

(2) prescribe drugs, medications, or devices not specifically authorized by the supervising physician and documented in the written scope of practice guidelines;

(3) prescribe, under any circumstances, controlled substances in Schedule II except as authorized in Section 40-47-965;

(4) perform a medical act, task, or function that is outside the usual practice of the supervising physician or outside the supervising physician's training or experience unless the board approves an exception pursuant to Section 40-47-195(D)(1)(d).

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.