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SC Senate OK's physician misconduct bill
Healthcare Security Weekly, May 16, 2005
The South Carolina Senate last week approved a bill that would require the state Board of Medical Examiners to report misconduct allegations against doctors, reports the Island Packet in Columbia.
Details about allegations would be available to the public 10 days after the doctor responds to the complaint. The bill is aimed at notifying the public about unprofessional doctors.
"Five percent of the doctors do 95% of the bad work, and I think the public needs to know who they are," says Senate Minority Leader John Land.
One stipulation in the bill would allow for confidentiality if a doctor's poor performance is directly related to either physical or mental disability.
The bill is awaiting a third-reading in the Senate before returning to the House of Representatives for a final approval.
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