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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 77 - DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT
Section 44-77-130. Chapter not to be construed to authorize or approve mercy killing.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-77-130 (2017)
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize or approve mercy killing, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 341, Section 11; 1988 Act No. 586.
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