[[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question","text":"South Carolina has two Good Samaritan laws that protect people from civil and criminal liability if they come to the aid of an accident victim or they report another individual\u2019s suspected drug overdose.  Good Samaritan laws are enacted to encourage bystanders to help in emergency situations without fear of being sued if their actions inadvertently contribute to a person\u2019s injury or death. Good Samaritan protections in drug overdose cases are considered good public health policy.","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question1","text":"South Carolina\u2019s primary Good Samaritan law, which originated in the 1960s, is found in S.C. Code Ann. \u00a715-1-310 (2005). It says:  Any person, who in good faith gratuitously renders emergency care at the scene of an accident or emergency to the victim thereof, shall not be liable for any civil damages for any personal injury as a result of any act or omission by such person in rendering the emergency care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for the injured person, except acts or omissions amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.\u00a0","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer1"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question2","text":"The key to the law\u2019s protection is that the individual acts in good faith.  In other words, the fact that a Good Samaritan tried to help and did nothing purposely to cause harm should protect him or her from a civil penalty if something goes wrong or there was something further the individual might have done but failed to do.","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer2"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question3","text":"A more recently adopted South Carolina Law (SC Code \u00a7 44-53-1920 (2019)) provides limited immunity to Good Samaritans who seek emergency help for someone who appeared to be experiencing a drug or alcohol-related overdose.\u00a0","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer3"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question5","text":"South Carolina\u2019s primary Good Samaritan law, which originated in the 1960s, is found in S.C. Code Ann. \u00a715-1-310 (2005). It says:  Any person, who in good faith gratuitously renders emergency care at the scene of an accident or emergency to the victim thereof, shall not be liable for any civil damages for any personal injury as a result of any act or omission by such person in rendering the emergency care or as a result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for the injured person, except acts or omissions amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.\u00a0","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","name":"Does South Carolina Have a Good Samaritan Law?","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does South Carolina Have a Good Samaritan Law?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Question"},{"@type":"Question","name":"Does the Good Samaritan Law Protect Me If I Acted in Good Faith to Help Someone?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer2"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Question2"},{"@type":"Question","name":"How Does South Carolina\u2019s Good Samaritan Law Apply to Drug Overdoses?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer3"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Question3"}],"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#FAQPage"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Question","name":"What Do South Carolina\u2019s Good Samaritan Laws Say About Helping Accident Victims?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer1"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Question1"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Question","name":"What Do South Carolina\u2019s Good Samaritan Laws Say About Helping Accident Victims?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Answer4"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Question5"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Question","name":"What Do South Carolina\u2019s Good Samaritan Laws Say About Helping Accident Victims?","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#Thing"}],{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Does South Carolina Have a Good Samaritan Law?","item":"https:\/\/www.mtllawfirm.com\/blog\/south-carolina-good-samaritan-law\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]