A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 15-79-125, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE SUIT AND FILING OF A SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN A MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CIVIL ACTION AND MANDATORY MEDIATION BEFORE THE FILING OF A SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT, SO AS TO REQUIRE A DEFENDANT, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE SUIT, TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEARANCE AND IF HE FAILS TO DO SO, TO ALLOW THE PLAINTIFF TO FILE A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH THE MEDIATION AND PROCEED WITH THE INITIATION OF THE CIVIL ACTION.
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