2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 63 - South Carolina Children's Code
CHAPTER 17 - PATERNITY AND CHILD SUPPORT
Section 63-17-460. Medical bills as evidence of costs.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 63-17-460 (2017)

(A) If copies of bills are furnished to the adverse party at least ten days before the date of an administrative or judicial hearing, the bills for testing for parentage and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child must be admitted as evidence without third party foundation testimony and are prima facie evidence of the amounts incurred for the services or for testing and that the amounts were reasonable, necessary, and customary.

(B) Any individual or entity who prepares or submits falsified billing information shall be subject to the contempt powers of the court.

HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2.

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