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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3186 Ratification Number:382 Act Number:319 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Harrell All Sponsors:Harrell, Knotts Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\dka\3084mm99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000530 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20000606 Subject:Medical Examiners Board, reciprocal certification of physicians licensed by Medical Council of Canada allowed History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000616 Act No. A319 ------ 20000606 Signed by Governor ------ 20000531 Ratified R382 Senate 20000530 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 20000525 Read second time, notice of general amendments ------ 20000413 Scrivener's error corrected Senate 20000412 Committee report: Favorable 13 SMA Senate 19990224 Introduced, read first time, 13 SMA referred to Committee House 19990224 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19990223 Read second time House 19990218 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Knotts House 19990217 Committee report: Favorable 27 H3M House 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 27 H3M referred to Committee House 19990106 Prefiled, referred to Committee 27 H3M Versions of This Bill Revised on February 17, 1999 - Word format Revised on April 12, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 13, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 13, 2000-A - Word format
(A319, R382, H3186)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-47-160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RECIPROCAL CERTIFICATION OF PHYSICIANS BY THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, SO AS TO ALLOW RECIPROCAL CERTIFICATION OF PHYSICIANS LICENSED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF CANADA.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Reciprocal certification
SECTION 1. Section 40-47-160 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 40-47-160. (A) The board may grant or refuse certifications to licentiates of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Medical Council of Canada, or of the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons without further examination and may make and establish all necessary rules and regulations for the reciprocal recognition of certificates issued by other state boards having an equal standing. This section applies only to doctors of osteopathy who graduated after January 1, 1955, from a school approved by the American Osteopathic Association and who now hold unlimited license. Graduates before January 1, 1955, may make application and appear before the Board of Medical Examiners for interview, with each applicant considered for approval on the basis of his training and experience.
(B) The State Board of Medical Examiners may not grant reciprocity or issue a limited or temporary or permanent license to a licensed physician or an intern of another state of the United States who applies for licensure after May 31, 1985, and:
(1) whose license is currently restricted in any way or who is currently on a probationary status in that state; or
(2) who currently has disciplinary action pending against him in that state."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.
Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.
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