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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-139-10 Legislative findings; public policy; purpose
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(A) The General Assembly finds that the right of conscience is a fundamental and unalienable right. It was central to the founding of the United States, has been deeply rooted in our Nation's history and tradition for centuries, and has been central to the practice of medicine, t…
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-139-20 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Conscience" means the religious, moral, or ethical beliefs or principles held by any medical practitioner, health care institutions, and health care payers. Conscience with respect to institutional entities or corporate bodies, as opposed to…
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-139-30 Right of conscience; no liability for exercising right; limitations; referrals
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(A) A medical practitioner, health care institutions, and health care payers have the right not to participate in or pay for any health care service which violates the practitioner's or entity's conscience. (B) No medical practitioner, health care institutions, and health care pa…
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-139-40 Discrimination prohibited; disclosure of objections; construction of chapter
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(A) No medical practitioner may be discriminated against in any manner because the medical practitioner: (1) provided, caused to be provided, or is about to provide or cause to be provided to the practitioner's employer, the Attorney General of South Carolina, the Department of P…
