{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-7-268","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-7-268","heading":"Hospitals; emergency departments; presence of physician required.","body":"As a condition of licensing and relicensing, every hospital in the State with an emergency department, regardless of classification, must have at least one physician physically present on site who is responsible for the emergency department at all times the emergency department is open.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 7 Hospitals, Tuberculosis Camps, and Health Services Districts","ARTICLE 3 State Health Facility Licensure Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:30:29Z","sha256":"ba7935cb47713026bb38d9a6cfe248ba5ca5bdb22b1e0a63b507594b672a1d27","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-7-267","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-7-270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}