The Committee on Medical Affairs proposes the following amendment (SR-4342.CEM0001S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Chapter 69, Title 40 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 40-69-245. (A) The South Carolina State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners may issue a restricted faculty license to practice veterinary medicine to an applicant who is a member of the faculty at a school of veterinary medicine in this State accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association if the applicant has satisfied one of the following:
  (1) is licensed as a veterinarian in another state or territory of the United States; or
  (2) is a graduate of a school or college of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association or holds a certificate issued by the Education Commission of Foreign Veterinary Graduates or credentials issued by a credentialing entity approved by the board or a related doctoral degree has been granted a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent degree from a veterinary college or university.
 (B) The board may waive requirement found in subsection (A) if the applicant has a full-time academic faculty appointment at the rank of assistant professor or greater at a veterinarian college or university in this State accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
 (C) A faculty license entitles the holder to practice veterinary medicine while engaged in the performance of his or her official duties as a faculty member only and is confined to clinical, hospital or field services units, of the school of veterinary medicine where employed.
 (D) The board may not license an applicant who has been refused a license or has a revoked license, has relinquished a license, or is currently under suspension or probation in this State or another state, country, or territory. Nothing prevents the board from denying an applicant a restricted faculty license for grounds set forth in South Carolina Code section 40-1-110.
 (E) The license issued pursuant to this section shall be cancelled by the board upon receipt of information that the holder of the license has left or has otherwise been discontinued from faculty employment at a college or school of veterinary medicine in South Carolina.
 (F) An applicant must file an application, including any other required documentation and pay a license fee. The initial licensee fee is equivalent to the initial application fee required of veterinary applicants. The license fee is subject to change in regulation in accordance with the provisions of Section 40-1-50, as added to the S.C. Code by this act. The department may establish and adjust application fees, license renewal fees, late fees, reinstatement fees, and other related fees in regulation. The department shall only establish fees at levels which are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the regulatory program established in this act and may not set or maintain fees that substantially exceed this need.
 (G) The license issued pursuant to this section is subject to requirements as set forth in South Carolina section 40-69-250 and 40-69-255.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.