Current Status Bill Number:4239 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970528 Primary Sponsor:F. Smith All Sponsors:F. Smith and McMahand Drafted Document Number:jic\6160sd.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Medical school graduate of state university receiving federal or state grants, rural community practice; Colleges
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House 19970528 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-195 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MEDICAL STUDENT GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL SCHOOL OR THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER COMPLETING HIS INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY TRAINING MUST PRACTICE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS IN A RURAL COMMUNITY HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS IF THE STUDENT RECEIVED CERTAIN STATE OR FEDERAL GRANTS WHICH WERE APPLIED TOWARD HIS MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-101-195. Any medical student graduating from the University of South Carolina Medical School or the Medical University of South Carolina after completing his internship and residency training must practice for a period of two years in a rural community of this State having a population of less than twenty-five thousand persons if the medical student received state or federal grants applied toward his medical education which totaled twenty-five thousand dollars or more. Medical students to whom this provision applies who have specialties which require them to be based in a hospital must locate in a hospital primarily serving one or more of these communities. The Dean's Committee on Medical Doctor Education may approve alternative forms of practice in appropriate cases where no suitable practice opportunities can be found for a particular doctor.
The provisions of this section do not apply to students who receive federal funds from one of the uniformed services to attend medical school and who are obligated to perform active duty miliary service after graduation."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.