South Carolina Senate Bill 376

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 25 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-25 - Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
Pending: Senate Medical Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "expanding Physician Access Act Of 2025" And By Adding Section 40-47-39 So As To Remove Barriers That Prevent High-quality, Internationally Licensed Physicians From Filling Vacancies In This State By Eliminating Unnecessary Training Duplication While Maintaining Care Standards And Other Licensure And Practice Requirements, To Empower The State Board Of Medical Examiners To Continue Performing Its Role To Ensure All Internationally Licensed Physician Applicants Have The Requisite Knowledge And Experience To Practice Medicine In This State, To Provide Necessary Definitions, To Provide Requirements And Procedures Related To The Issuance And Revocation Of Provisional Licenses And Regular Licenses To International Physicians Sponsored By Healthcare Providers And Certain Other International Physicians.

Expanding Physician Access Act of 2025

Sen. Thomas Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-25	Senate	Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
2025-02-25	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
40	47	39	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0376&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/376_20250225.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0376%202025-02-25%20introduced.pdf