republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2021-2022/s-613.md

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Bill	Medical assistants	AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NURSE PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO ADD AND REVISE DEFINITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-42, RELATING TO THE DELEGATION BY CERTAIN BOARD OF NURSING LICENSEES OF NURSING TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL, SO AS TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS BY CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF PHYSICIANS AND MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-196 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DELEGATION OF CERTAIN TASKS TO CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS BY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-30, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF LICENSURE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DELEGATION BY PHYSICIANS OF CERTAIN TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-935, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ACTS AND DUTIES THAT PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS MAY PERFORM, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DELEGATION BY PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS OF CERTAIN TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 613	South Carolina S 613 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Davis	8	23	3	2021-02-25	2022-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/6b7ee3fa-188f-46f4-88eb-0e5a0f27aca4	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=613&session=124&summary=B	f86181b791bbba6829b63068d61b7af911909498e0838eb907e52cd764087825	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 613 (2021-2022) — Medical assistants

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS IN THE NURSE PRACTICE ACT, SO AS TO ADD AND REVISE DEFINITIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-33-42, RELATING TO THE DELEGATION BY CERTAIN BOARD OF NURSING LICENSEES OF NURSING TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL, SO AS TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS BY CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-20, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF PHYSICIANS AND MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, SO AS TO ADD DEFINITIONS; BY ADDING SECTION 40-47-196 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DELEGATION OF CERTAIN TASKS TO CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANTS BY PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-30, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF LICENSURE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DELEGATION BY PHYSICIANS OF CERTAIN TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL; AND TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-935, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ACTS AND DUTIES THAT PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS MAY PERFORM, SO AS TO REMOVE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DELEGATION BY PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS OF CERTAIN TASKS TO UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 2/25/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/30/2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/31/2022 (committee substitute) — source
5. 4/27/2022 (committee substitute) — source
6. 4/5/2022 (committee substitute) — source
7. 5/3/2022 (committee substitute) — source
8. 5/4/2022 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• to concur — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-31 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-04-05 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-04-05 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-04-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-04-05 Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
• 2022-04-06 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-07 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2022-04-07 Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-03 Amended amendment-passage
• 2022-05-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-0
• 2022-05-04 Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments passage, reading-3
• 2022-05-04 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2022-05-05 Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
• 2022-05-05 Roll call Ayes-39 Nays-0
• 2022-05-12 Ratified R 172
• 2022-05-16 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-31 Effective date 07/15/22
• 2022-05-31 Act No. 171

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b7ee3fa-188f-46f4-88eb-0e5a0f27aca4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).