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:
Automatic External Defibrillators
Closing a Medical Practice in South Carolina (pdf)
Continuing Medical Education Requirements
Continuing Medical Education Audit Procedures and Penalties for Non-Compliance
Definition of Unrestricted Licensure
Definition of Actual Consultation
Disclosure of Confidential Patient Information
Emergency Care and On-Call Physicians (pdf)
Expert or Character Witness, Former Board member
FDA Approves Buprenorphine for Office-based Opioid Addiction Treatment
Investigative Review Committee (IRC)
Liposuction Procedures, Parameters for Office-Based
Military Limited License, Abrogation of
Monitoring Conditions Termination
Ophthalmic Surgery, Co-Management of
Out-of-State Physicians' Orders
Out-of-State Physicians Teaching and Learning in South Carolina
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)
Requests to Terminate or Amend Agreements or Orders
Sale of Health Related Products in Physicians’ Offices
Sale of Non-Health Related Products in Physicians’ Offices
Submission of Documentation to be Considered at Board Meetings
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)
Practice of Acupuncture Policy
Termination of Physician-Patient Relationship Policy
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Policy
