---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certified medical assistants and unlicensed assistive personnel"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-20, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT, SO AS TO REVISE THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-196, RELATING TO THE DELEGATION OF NURSING TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL BY CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, SO AS TO DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL NURSING TASKS THAT MAY BE DELEGATED. - RATIFIED TITLE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "H 5183"
citation: "South Carolina H 5183 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Newton", "Carter", "Chapman", "Davis", "Gagnon", "Hewitt", "Hiott", "M.M. Smith", "Pope", "Sessions", "Thayer", "West"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fb8ad95-392c-46b6-9357-da8910d5e109"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5183&session=125&summary=B"
source_hash: "6f91538dcaa2bdc2ef2fd9e1af81091b5977c58553df17c89811011838ca4b80"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---

# South Carolina H 5183 (2023-2024) — Certified medical assistants and unlicensed assistive personnel

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-20, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF A CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT, SO AS TO REVISE THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-196, RELATING TO THE DELEGATION OF NURSING TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL BY CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, SO AS TO DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL NURSING TASKS THAT MAY BE DELEGATED. - RATIFIED TITLE

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/5183.htm)
2. **02/28/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5183_20240228.htm)
3. **03/27/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5183_20240327.htm)
4. **03/28/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5183_20240328.htm)
5. **04/02/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5183_20240402.htm)
6. **05/08/2024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/5183_20240508.htm)

## Votes

- Passage of Bill — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Newton — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)
- Chapman — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Gagnon — primary (person)
- Hewitt — primary (person)
- Hiott — primary (person)
- M.M. Smith — primary (person)
- Pope — primary (person)
- Sessions — primary (person)
- Thayer — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-28** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter
- **2024-03-27** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** Roll call Yeas-107 Nays-0
- **2024-03-28** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2024-03-29** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2024-05-08** Recalled from Committee on Medical Affairs
- **2024-05-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2024-05-08** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
- **2024-05-09** Read third time and enrolled `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Ratified R 232
- **2024-05-21** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date 05/21/24
- **2024-05-29** Act No. 209

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fb8ad95-392c-46b6-9357-da8910d5e109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).