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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 44-7-3430: Identification badges.

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  1. Title 44 - HEALTH
  2. CHAPTER 7 Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps, and Health Services Districts
  3. ARTICLE 27 Hospital Patient Safety Act

All clinical staff, clinical trainees, medical students, interns, and resident physicians of a hospital shall wear badges clearly stating their names, using at a minimum either first or last names with appropriate initials, their departments, and their job or trainee titles. All clinical trainees, medical students, interns, and resident physicians must be explicitly identified as such on their badges. This information must be clearly visible and must be stated in terms or abbreviations reasonably understandable to the average person, as recognized by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

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