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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-43-355: Duty to send document of gift or refusal to hospital; sanctions.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 44 - HEALTH
  2. CHAPTER 43 Dispositions of Human Bodies and Parts; Post-Mortem Examinations
  3. ARTICLE 5 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

(A) A person who finds or is in possession of a document of gift or of refusal that was executed by an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death shall, if the individual is taken to a hospital, send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.

(B) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.

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