2016 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 117 - PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT
Section 44-117-50. Application; certain laws and authority not invalidated.
This chapter does not invalidate:
(a) any other provision of law concerning medical records or patient prescription drug information, the alteration of medical records or patient prescription drug information, any interest a patient has in the information contained within the medical record or patient prescription drug information, or any civil action brought in the state or federal courts alleging negligence by a practitioner or pharmacist;
(b) the authority of a court to issue a subpoena for medical records and patient prescription drug information;
(c) the authority of a licensing or disciplinary board of this State to obtain these records as provided by law; or
(d) the authority of the Department of Health and Environmental Control to obtain medical records or patient prescription drug information as provided by state and federal law.
HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 85, Section 1.
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