South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners

Board News

Medical Board Seat Elections

Run-Off Election At-Large Candidates-Letters of Interest and CVs

• Matthew Bitner, MD
• Jim Chow, MD

Other Board News

• Order of Appointment of Custodian for Medical Records
• Removal of DATA Waiver (X-Waiver) Requirement
• Fake Medical Board Representative/DEA Agents Scam
• Scope of Practice Guidelines Addendum Form- Delegation of Tasks to SCCMA (this form should be submitted to the board by email)
• EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 3, 2020: LETTERS OF REFERENCE/RECOMMENDATION ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED FOR RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS [LL/TL]. APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE. IF YOU HAVE A RCP LL/TL APPLICATION PENDING, WE WILL UPDATE YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION CHECKLIST TO SHOW THAT YOUR REFERENCES ARE NOT PENDING. PLEASE CHECK YOUR APPLICATION STATUS ONLINE FOR OTHER PENDING ITEMS.
• Co-prescribing and Dispensing of Opioid Antagonists, such as Naloxone
• Joint Advisory Opinion of the South Carolina State Boards of Dentistry, Medical Examiners and Nursing Regarding the Presence of a Pharmacist in a Methadone Clinic During Dosing Hours
• SC physicians have reported receiving calls from someone claiming to be from the SC Medical Board and calling from 803-896-4500. The caller may indicate there is a "problem" with your license and ask you to call another number such as 804-277-9778. If you receive such a call, please call the SC Medical Board directly at 803-896-4500 to verify whether the SC Medical Board is attempting to contact you. Please do not call the number provided by the caller.
• CE Broker Partnership with Medical Board
• PA Act of 2019 FAQ. Effective date of the bill is August 11, 2019.
• PA Adding Alternate Physician. Following the enactment of recent legislation pertaining to Physician Assistant licensure, a listing of alternate supervising physicians will no longer appear in Licensee Lookup. You may continue to submit requests to the board to add or update alternate supervising physicians. You are encouraged to maintain a copy of these submissions for your records. [40-47-960]
• PA Act of 2019 FAQ. Effective date of the bill is August 11, 2019.
  • Summary of the PA Practice Act of 2019
• Renewals: How to Retrieve User ID
• Renewals: How to Reset Password
• Online Renewals
• Joint Protocol for Certain Community Organizations to Distribute Naloxone HCL Pursuant to A Prescription or Standing Order
• FAQs on APRN Law approved by SC Board of Medical Examiners - August 7, 2018
• S.345 passed the General Assembly on May 8, 2018 and was signed by the Governor May 18, 2018 clarifying that PAs can practice telemedicine.
• On May 18, 2018, Governor McMaster signed R.203/S. 345 into law. This new law dramatically changes the manner in which advance practice registered nurses practice and places great emphasis on the specific language of the practice agreement executed by each APRN. The practice agreement must be tailored to reflect the clinical experience and setting of the individual APRN.
• S.918 passed the General Assembly on May 9th, and was signed by the Governor on May 15th. The law establishes limitations on initial opioid prescriptions for acute pain management or postoperative pain management and designates exceptions to those limitations. This section of the bill is in effect now.
• Expert Reviewer Vacancy
• Supervision of Unlicensed Personnel and the Corporate Practice of Medicine
• Joint Revised Pain Management Guidelines, August 2017
• H.3824
• Naloxone Protocol
• South Carolina Telemedicine Act - Effective June 3, 2016
• Update Your Contact Information with the Board Including Congressional District
  

  Always make sure all your contact information with the Board of Medical Examiners is up to date so we can keep you informed. S.C. Code 40-47-41 (C) of the medical practice act requires that licensees shall notify the board in writing within fifteen business days of any change of residential address, office address, or office telephone number.

  In addition to your residential address, office address and office telephone number, it is also very important that you let us know if your name has changed, or you have a new e-mail address.

  Please also update your Congressional District information. Log in to the change of address link below to ensure that your contact information including your congressional district is correct for board election purposes.

  The link to update this information is https://eservice.llr.sc.gov/changeofadd/

• JOINT ADVISORY OPINION ISSUED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BOARDS OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, NURSING AND PHARMACY REGARDING THE USE OF LOW DOSE KETAMINE INFUSIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN THROUGHOUT THE GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM.
• JOINT ADVISORY OPINION ISSUED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BOARDS OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, NURSING AND PHARMACY REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF A PHARMACIST IN A METHADONE CLINIC DURING DOSING HOURS
• Emergency Licensure Joint Advisory Opinion of BME and BON
• Updated! Establishment of Physician-Patient Relationship as Prerequisite to Prescribing Drugs
• Updated! Telemedicine Advisory Opinon
• Prescribing Considerations for Hospice Care Providers Advisory Opinion
• Continuing Medical Education for Prescribing and Monitoring Controlled Substances Advisory Opinion
• Links to Controlled Substance CME providers