2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 99 - INSECT STING EMERGENCY TREATMENT ACT
SECTION 44-99-30. Training and certification program.
(A) The department is authorized to establish a program to provide for the training and certification of individuals to administer certain forms of emergency treatment for medical hazards caused by insect stings. The department shall develop standards, guidelines, and prescribe regulations for the implementation of the program. All administrative responsibility of the program is vested in the department.
(B) In the development of the curriculum for training and certification under the program, the department shall include the following subjects:
(1) techniques on how to recognize symptoms of systemic reactions to insect stings;
(2) standards and procedures for administering a subcutaneous injection of epinephrine.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 529, Section 2.
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