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The State Board of Medical Examiners of South Carolina publishes documents regarding the licensing physicians (M.D. and D.O.), physician assistants, anesthesiologist assistants, etc., and examination information and materials, continuing education requirements, licensure applications and renewals, board information, and more.
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Publication [Letter to South Carolina Athletic Trainers](2024-05-15) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners is excited to begin serving Athletic Trainers on May 24, 2024, when the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR) will assume statutory authority to license athletic trainers. For individuals with a current athletic trainer certification from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) that expires between May 3, 2024, and May 23, 2024, LLR and DHEC have jointly agreed to extend the expiration dates for those individuals to May 24, 2024.Publication South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners' Statement on CME Hours on Controlled Substances(2024-04-13) This South Carolina State Document was either saved from a document available publicly online in PDF format or converted to PDF using Adobe Acrobat DC.South Carolina Code regarding continuing education required for renewal, states that at least two hours of the forty-hour requirement should be related to approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controlled substances. In an effort to make more meaningful the continuing education of controlled substances of those practitioners who do not prescribe controlled substances, the Board will accept accredited education and training on controlled substances, their use, either generally or specialty specific, their abuse, diversion, and addictive properties and the treatment of same, to satisfy and fulfill the mandatory controlled substances CME requirement. Practitioners who prescribe controlled substances must still continue to take continuing education related to prescribing and monitoring controlled substances.Publication [Statement on medical assistants](South Carolina State Library, 2023-09-08) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners has received an increasing number of reports detailing unforeseeable impacts related to legislation passed in 2022 pertaining to delegation of tasks to medical assistants. This legislation is codified at South Carolina Code 40-47-20(57), and defines the educational and certification criteria that a medical assistant must meet in order for physicians, PAs, and APRNs to delegate tasks to these medical assistants.Publication Joint advisory opinion of the South Carolina State Boards of Dentistry, Medical Examiners, Pharmacy and Nursing regarding retail IV therapy businesses(2023-08-11) South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation; South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; South Carolina State Board of Dentistry; South Carolina Board of Nursing; South Carolina Board of PharmacyThe retail IV therapy business model is growing in South Carolina and across the country. Currently, there are no set rules or guidelines that specifically guide their operation, which often touches on areas of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Because of the concern over the proliferation of IV therapy businesses, the lack of any industry-specific guidelines or laws regarding the operation of these businesses, and the potential harm to the residents of South Carolina, the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners, the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy, and the South Carolina Board of Nursing (collectively the “Boards”) put forth this advisory opinion.Publication South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners' statement on CME hours on controlled substances(2023-05-03) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersSouth Carolina Code regarding continuing education required for renewal, states that at least two hours of the forty-hour requirement should be related to approved procedures of prescribing and monitoring controlled substances. In an effort to make more meaningful the continuing education of controlled substances of those practitioners who do not prescribe controlled substances, the Board will accept accredited education and training on controlled substances, their use, either generally or specialty specific, their abuse, diversion, and addictive properties and the treatment of same, to satisfy and fulfill the mandatory controlled substances CME requirement. Practitioners who prescribe controlled substances must still continue to take continuing education related to prescribing and monitoring controlled substances.Publication South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners' 2023 pain management guideline(2023-02-10) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThis clinical practice guideline is a clinical tool to improve communication between clinicians and patients and empower them to make informed, person-centered decisions related to pain care together; it is intended to be flexible to enable person-centered decision-making, taking into account a patient’s expected health outcomes and well-being.Publication Joint advisory opinion of the South Carolina State Boards of Dentistry, Medical Examiners and Nursing regarding the administration of neuromodulators, including botox(2022-12-16) South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; South Carolina State Board of Dentistry; South Carolina Board of NursingThis Joint Advisory Opinion is intended to provide guidance to licensees performing injections of neuromodulators, including Botox, for both cosmetic and non-cosmetic purposes, which include, but are not limited to, problems with the Temporomandibular joint (TMJ), overactive bladders, cervical dystonia, chronic migraines, muscle spasms and hyperhidrosis.Publication South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners advisory opinion on corporate practice of medicine(2022-11-21) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners (“Board”) Board does not license or regulate corporations. However, the Board has well-established expectations concerning the economic relationships within which its licensees may practice. The physician’s professional judgment must be independently exercised, regardless of the economic relationship or business form involved. Licensees are subject to all provisions of the Medical Practice Act regardless of the economic relationship or corporate form in which they practice. Licensees may not employ or permit unlicensed persons to practice medicine.Publication 2022 legislative update(2022-06-30) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe bills listed here were enacted by the General Assembly during the 2020 legislative session and may impact the Board of Medical Examiners and/or the Board of Medical Examiners licensees.Publication Position statement on physicians licensed in other states providing care to South Carolina residents(2022-02-16) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersA number of out-of-state physicians providing care to South Carolina residents have recently inquired as to their obligation to obtain a license to practice medicine in South Carolina to perform certain acts incidental to their treatment provided in another state. The Board views such acts incidental to the care provided in another state to be a continuation of the care initiated in the other state. To that end, the Board would not expect the physician in another state to obtain a license in South Carolina to perform such acts.Publication 2021 legislative update(2021-07-02) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe bills listed here were enacted by the General Assembly during the 2020 legislative session and may impact the Board of Medical Examiners and/or the Board of Medical Examiners licensees.Publication Order rescinding public health orders entered by the board from March 13, 2020 through present(2021-06-08) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe Medical Board rescinds previous orders concerning the governor's pandemic related health orders.Publication Advisory opinion regarding the use of stem cell therapies(2021-06-21) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe Board has observed a significant increase in the number of medical clinics offering stem cell therapy over a relatively short period of time and is concerned that some practitioners providing stem cell therapy are not practicing good, evidence-based medicine. The Board is concerned that some practitioners are unaware of, or indifferent to, the regulation of this therapy by the FDA. For these reasons, the Board concludes that it is necessary to issue this Advisory Opinion.Publication 2020 legislative update(2020-10-09) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe bills listed here were enacted by the General Assembly during the 2020 legislative session and may impact the Board of Medical Examiners and/or the Board of Medical Examiners licensees.Publication 2020 legislative update(2020-08-10) South Carolina State Board of Medical ExaminersThe bills listed here were enacted by the General Assembly during the 2020 legislative session and may impact the Board of Medical Examiners and/or the Board of Medical Examiners licensees.