republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2023-2024/h-5183.md

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Bill	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	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2023-2024	H 5183	South Carolina H 5183 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	B. Newton Carter Chapman Davis Gagnon Hewitt Hiott M.M. Smith Pope Sessions Thayer West	6	21	2	2024-02-28	2024-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3fb8ad95-392c-46b6-9357-da8910d5e109	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5183&session=125&summary=B	6f91538dcaa2bdc2ef2fd9e1af81091b5977c58553df17c89811011838ca4b80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 02/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/27/2024 (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/28/2024 (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/02/2024 (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/08/2024 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/3fb8ad95-392c-46b6-9357-da8910d5e109. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).