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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3335 Ratification Number:224 Act Number:225 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990121 Primary Sponsor:Beck All Sponsors:Beck, Wilder, W. McLeod, J. Brown, R. Smith, Mason Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\psd\7153ac99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000120 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20000225 Subject:Motor vehicle drivers license application; medical condition, organ and tissue donor status to be disclosed on History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000331 Act No. A225 ------ 20000225 Signed by Governor ------ 20000223 Ratified R224 ------ 20000126 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20000120 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 20000119 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20000118 Polled out of Committee: Favorable 15 ST Senate 19990311 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST referred to Committee House 19990310 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19990309 Read second time House 19990303 Committee report: Favorable 27 H3M House 19990121 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on March 3, 1999 - Word format Revised on January 18, 2000 - Word format Revised on January 26, 2000 - Word format
(A225, R224, H3335)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-80, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO APPLICATIONS FOR DRIVERS' LICENSES AND PERMITS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE APPLICATION TO PROVIDE FOR DISCLOSURE OF A PERMANENT MEDICAL CONDITION AND ORGAN AND TISSUE DONOR STATUS, BOTH OF WHICH MUST BE INDICATED BY SYMBOLS ON THE LICENSE AND CONTAINED IN THE DRIVER'S RECORD; AND TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT THIS INFORMATION MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND HOSPITAL PERSONNEL AND THAT DONOR STATUS INFORMATION MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DONOR REFERRAL NETWORK.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Contents of driver's license application; medical condition; organ and tissue donor
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-80 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-1-80. (A) Every application for a driver's license or permit must:
(1) be made upon the form furnished by the department;
(2) be accompanied by the proper fee and acceptable proof of date and place of birth;
(3) contain the full name, date of birth, sex, race, and residence address of the applicant and briefly describe the applicant;
(4) state whether the applicant has been licensed as an operator or chauffeur and, if so, when and by what state or country;
(5) state whether a license or permit has been suspended or revoked or whether an application has been refused and, if so, the date of and reason for the suspension, revocation, or refusal;
(6) allow an applicant voluntarily to disclose a permanent medical condition which must be indicated by a symbol designated by the department on the driver's license and contained in the driver's record;
(7) allow an applicant voluntarily to disclose that he is an organ and tissue donor which must be indicated by a symbol designated by the department on the driver's license and contained in the driver's record.
(B) The information contained on a driver's license and in the driver's department records pertaining to a person's permanent medical condition, as provided for in item (A)(6), must be made available, upon request, to law enforcement and emergency medical services and hospital personnel; and the information and records pertaining to a person's organ and tissue donor status, as provided for in item (A)(7), must be made available, upon request, to law enforcement, emergency medical services and hospital personnel, and the South Carolina Donor Referral Network, as provided for in Section 44-43-910.
(C) Whenever an application is received from a person previously licensed or permitted in another state, the Department of Public Safety may request a copy of the applicant's record from the other state. When received, the record becomes a part of the driver's record in this State with the same effect as though entered on the operator's record in this State in the original instance. Every person who obtains a driver's license or permit for the first time in South Carolina and every person who renews his driver's license or permit in South Carolina must be furnished a written request form for completion and verification of liability insurance coverage.
The completed and verified form or an affidavit prepared by the department that neither he, nor a resident relative, owns a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter, must be completed and delivered to the department at the time the license or permit is issued or renewed."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of February, 2000.
Approved the 25th day of February, 2000.
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