South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners Message To LLR Stakeholders About Regulatory Review Process
Final Orders
Policies for Physicians
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The Board of Medical Examiners has adopted the following opinions, policies, and procedures after presentation and hearing during its regularly scheduled public meetings:
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Academic License, Issuance of
Acupuncture by State License Physicians
Automatic External Defibrillators
Botox Injections
Chemical Dependency
Closing a Medical Practice in South Carolina (pdf)
Conflicts of Interest
Continuing Medical Education Audit Procedures and Penalties for Non-Compliance
Continuing Medical Education Requirements
Definition of Actual Consultation
Definition of Unrestricted Licensure
Disaster Preparedness Plan
Disclosure of Confidential Patient Information
Dual Degree Applicants
Emergency Care and On-Call Physicians (pdf)
Establishment of Physician-Patient Relationship as Prerequisite to Prescribing Drugs (pdf)
Expert or Character Witness, Former Board member
FDA Approves Buprenorphine for Office-based Opioid Addiction Treatment
Flu Shot Policy
HIV, HBV Policy - Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure-Prone Invasive Procedures
Investigative Review Committee (IRC)
Lasers and Other Devices
Liposuction Procedures, Parameters for Office-Based
Micro Pigmentation
Military Deployment
Military Limited License, Abrogation of
Missed Drug Screens
Monitoring Conditions Termination
Obesity, Treatment of
Ophthalmic Surgery, Co-Management of
Out-of-State Physicians' Orders
Out-of-State Physicians Teaching and Learning in South Carolina
Pain Management Guidelines
Physical Exams by Physicians
Practice of Acupuncture Policy
Prescribing for Family Members
Primary Diagnosis by Out-of-State Physicians
Probation Termination, Requests for
Psychotrophic Drugs, Private Agreement for Licensees Being Prescribed
Re-Hearing of the Board's Final Decisions (pdf)
Reinstatement Following Temporary Suspensions for Failure to Submit to Drug/Alcohol Screens, Procedure for
Requests to Terminate or Amend Agreements or Orders
Retired Physicians
Sale of Health Related Products in Physicians’ Offices
Sale of Non-Health Related Products in Physicians’ Offices
Sexual Boundary Issues
Submission of Documentation to be Considered at Board Meetings
Termination of Physician-Patient Relationships
Transfer of Patient Records to Corporations with Prior Approval, Procedure for Handling Requests for
Transfer of Patient Records, Procedure for Handling First-Time Requests for
Verifying Specialty Related CME (pdf)