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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-80-120 PA may create, execute, and sign POST form under certain circumstances
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A physician assistant (PA) may create, execute, and sign a POST form if authorized to do so by his or her scope of practice guidelines. The POST form must be for a patient of that PA, the PA's supervising physician, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-80-20 Department's responsibilities relating to POST form
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The department shall: (1) oversee the POST form and its future iterations; (2) display a printable sample of the POST form currently being used by the department on the department's or a designee's publicly accessible website, along with any related information the department cho…
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-80-30 POST form must be uniform document; information included
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(A) The POST form must be a uniform document based on the standards recommended by the National Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) paradigm and must include the information set forth in subsection (C). (B) A copy, facsimile, or electronic version of a complete…
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-80-40 POST form deemed valid expression of patient's wishes; compliance
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(A) A POST form executed in South Carolina as provided in this chapter, or a similar form executed in another jurisdiction in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction, must be deemed a valid expression of a patient's wishes as to health care. A South Carolina health care pro…