All clinical staff, clinical trainees, medical students, interns, and resident physicians of a hospital shall wear badges clearly stating their names, using at a minimum either first or last names with appropriate initials, their departments, and their job or trainee titles. All clinical trainees, medical students, interns, and resident physicians must be explicitly identified as such on their badges. This information must be clearly visible and must be stated in terms or abbreviations reasonably understandable to the average person, as recognized by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-7-3430
Identification badges
Known as the Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act
The act spans §§ 44–44 (8 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Shatto v. McLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (2011)
Most recently applied in Shatto v. McLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (August 2011)
2005 Act No. 146, SECTION 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 8, 2005); 2006 Act No. 364, SECTION 2, eff June 9, 2006.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.