The physician is the owner of medical records in his possession that were made in treating a patient and of records transferred to him concerning prior treatment of the patient.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-115-20
Physician is owner of certain patient records
Known as the Physicians' Patient Records Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (17 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Dickerson v. TLC Laser Eye Center Institute, Inc. (2012)
Most recently applied in Dickerson v. TLC Laser Eye Center Institute, Inc. (August 2012)
1992 Act No. 480, SECTION 1.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.