Bill 3541

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    3541
Ratification Number:            98
Act Number:                     31
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19970226
Primary Sponsor:                Cotty 
All Sponsors:                   Cotty 
Drafted Document Number:        pt\2968djc.97
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19970429
Date of Last Amendment:         19970320
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19970521
Subject:                        Child abuse, neglect reports;
                                photographs, x-rays, to be sent to
                                Social Services Department,
                                Minors

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19970604  Act No. A31
------  19970521  Signed by Governor
------  19970515  Ratified R98
Senate  19970429  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19970424  Read second time
Senate  19970423  Committee report: Favorable              11 SJ
Senate  19970325  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
House   19970321  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19970320  Read second time, unanimous consent
                  for third reading on the next
                  Legislative day
House   19970320  Amended
House   19970319  Committee report: Favorable with         25 HJ
                  amendment
House   19970226  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee

(A31, R98, H3541)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-530, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PHOTOGRAPHS, X-RAYS, AND OTHER MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF AREAS OF TRAUMA VISIBLE ON A CHILD SUBJECT TO A REPORT OF SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT COPIES OF ALL PHOTOGRAPHS, NEGATIVES, RADIOLOGICAL, AND OTHER MEDICAL REPORTS MUST BE SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES RATHER THAN THE ORIGINALS OF ALL PHOTOGRAPHS, NEGATIVES, AND REPORTS AT THE TIME A REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 20-7-510 IS MADE, OR AS SOON AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE AFTER THE REPORT IS MADE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Photographs and x-rays; other medical examinations

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-530 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 450 of 1996, is amended to read:

"Section 20-7-530. A person required to report under Section 20-7-510 may take, or cause to be taken, color photographs of the areas of trauma visible on a child who is the subject of a report and, if medically indicated, a physician may cause to be performed a radiological examination or other medical examinations or tests of the child without the consent of the child's parents or guardians. Copies of all photographs, negatives, radiological, and other medical reports must be sent to the department at the time a report pursuant to Section 20-7-510 is made, or as soon as reasonably possible after the report is made."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 21st day of May, 1997.