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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 44-78-25: Duties of EMS personnel when presented with "do not resuscitate order".

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  1. Title 44 - HEALTH
  2. CHAPTER 78 Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order Act

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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