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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 37 - CARE OF THE NEWLY BORN
Section 44-37-60. Information on pertussis disease to be provided to parents of newborns.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-37-60 (2017)
(A) During the postpartum period and prior to discharge each hospital shall provide parents of newborns educational information on pertussis disease and the availability of a vaccine to protect against pertussis. This educational information must include, but is not limited to, information on the Center for Disease Control's recommendation that parents receive the tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccine during the postpartum period to protect their newborns from the transmission of pertussis.
(B) Nothing in this section requires a hospital to provide or pay for a vaccination against pertussis.
HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 191, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.
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