Brandon Newton
- Republican
- Representative
- District 45
Primary
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 3 TO CHAPTER 36, TITLE 40 SO AS TO ENACT THE "OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT" WHICH ENTERS SOUTH CAROLINA INTO A MULTISTATE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE COMPACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RECIPROCAL PRACTICE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AMONG THE STATES THAT ARE PARTIES TO THE COMPACT; TO AMEND SECTION 40-36-230, RELATING TO APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS OR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR APPLICATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE COMPACT; TO AMEND SECTION 40-36-250, RELATING TO APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE WITHOUT EXAMINATION AS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS OR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR APPLICATIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THE COMPACT; AND TO DESIGNATE THE EXISTING SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 36 AS ARTICLE 1, ENTITLED "GENERAL PROVISIONS". - ratified title
Effective date 05/13/22
Act No. 158
Signed By Governor
Ratified R 203
Read third time and enrolled
Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
Read second time
Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry
Read third time and sent to Senate
Scrivener's error corrected
Introduced and read first time
Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Roll call Yeas-103 Nays-3
Amended
Read second time
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Govan
Scrivener's error corrected
Committee report: Favorable with amendment Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Carter
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Brawley, Gilliard, King, Jefferson, Howard, S.Williams
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dabney
Member(s) request name added as sponsor: McGarry
Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
Introduced and read first time
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