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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-117-50

Application; certain laws and authority not invalidated

Known as the Prescription Information Privacy Act

The act spans §§ 44–44 (13 sections).

1999 Act No. 85, SECTION 1.

This chapter does not invalidate:

(a) any other provision of law concerning medical records or patient prescription drug information, the alteration of medical records or patient prescription drug information, any interest a patient has in the information contained within the medical record or patient prescription drug information, or any civil action brought in the state or federal courts alleging negligence by a practitioner or pharmacist;

(b) the authority of a court to issue a subpoena for medical records and patient prescription drug information;

(c) the authority of a licensing or disciplinary board of this State to obtain these records as provided by law; or

(d) the authority of the Department of Health and Environmental Control to obtain medical records or patient prescription drug information as provided by state and federal law.

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