S.C. Code § 44-41-470

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 44-41-470 - Penalties for noncompliance with Sections 44-41-440 and 44-41-450

For the repeal of this section, see 2023 Act No. 70, Section 13.B.

Any physician who intentionally or knowingly fails to conform to any requirement in Section 44-41-440 and Section 44-41-450 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. No part of the minimum fine may be suspended. For conviction of a third or subsequent offense, the sentence must be imprisonment for not less than sixty days nor more than three years, no part of which may be suspended.

S.C. Code § 44-41-470

Repealed by 2023 S.C. Acts, Act No. 70 (SB 474),s 13, eff. 5/25/2023.

2023 Act No. 70, Section 13.B, provides as follows:

"[SECTION 13.]B. Article 5, Chapter 41, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is repealed. However, if some or all of the provisions contained in SECTION 2 of this act are ever temporarily or permanently restrained or enjoined by judicial order, or are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, then all of the provisions of Article 5, Chapter 41, Title 44 are reenacted retroactively to the date the judicial order either temporarily or permanently restraining or enjoining some or all of the provisions contained in SECTION 2 or declaring some or all of the provisions contained in SECTION 2 unconstitutional or invalid is entered."