South Carolina Statutes
§ 44-78-25 — Duties of EMS personnel when presented with "do not resuscitate order".
When called to render emergency medical services, EMS personnel must not use any resuscitative treatment if the patient has a "do not resuscitate order for emergency services" and the document is presented to the EMS personnel upon their arrival or if the patient is wearing a do not resuscitate bracelet. EMS personnel must provide that degree of palliative care called for under the circumstances which exist at the time treatment is rendered.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 485, SECTION 2; 2016 Act No. 233 (H.4773), SECTION 4, eff June 3, 2016.