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H3580Introduced in the House

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse practice authority

IntroducedHouse Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Introduced by Marvin Smith, District 99

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 40-33-31 So As To Provide The Board Of Nursing May Grant Full Practice Authority To Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Who Meet Certain Criteria, To Provide Requirements Of The Board, And To Provide Definitions; By Amending Section 40-33-20, Relating To Definitions Concerning The Practice Of Nursing, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Other Revisions; By Amending Section 40-33-34, Relating To Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Application Requirements, Practice Agreements, Allowed Medical Acts, And Prescriptive Authority, Among Other Things, So As To Make Conforming Changes And Other Changes; By Amending Section 40-33-42, Relating To Delegation Of Tasks To Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, So As To Make Conforming Changes; And By Amending Section 40-33-110, Relating To Grounds For Discipline Of Licensees, So As To Make Conforming Changes.

Where it stands

Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, Kilmartin

April 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Prefiled

  2. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

  3. Introduced and read first time

  4. Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

  5. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brewer, Murphy, Pope

  6. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter

  7. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wetmore

  8. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard

  9. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Newton

  10. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Atkinson, Grant, Gagnon, Scott

  11. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Henderson-Myers

  12. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hardee

  13. Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, Kilmartin

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