H 3996

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
Bill 3996
Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
Polled Out Of Committee
Majority Favorable
April 29, 2025
H. 3996
Introduced
by Reps. Sessions and Chapman
S. Printed 4/29/25--S.
Read the first time April 24, 2025
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The committee on Senate Medical
Affairs
To whom was referred a Bill (H. 3996) to amend
the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 40-47-1250, relating to
supervision of anesthesiologist's assistants, so as to increase the number of, etc.,
respectfully
Report:
Has polled the Bill out majority favorable.
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION 40-47-1250, RELATING TO SUPERVISION OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS,
SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS THAT AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST
MAY SUPERVISE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 40-47-1240, RELATING TO LICENSURE OF
ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO REMOVE  THE REQUIREMENT THAT LICENSURE
APPLICANTS MUST APPEAR BEFORE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND
PRESENT EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN RELEVANT ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND KNOWLEDGE.
Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1.  Section 40-47-1250 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
    Section
40-47-1250.  An anesthesiologist's assistant shall practice only under the
supervision of a physician who is actively and directly engaged in the clinical
practice of medicine and meets the definition of being a supervising
anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist may not supervise more than two four anesthesiologist's
assistants at any one time.
SECTION 2.  Section 40-47-1240 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
    Section
40-47-1240.  Except as otherwise provided in this
article, an individual must obtain a license in accordance with this article
before the individual may practice as an anesthesiologist's assistant. The
board shall grant a license as an anesthesiologist's assistant to an applicant
who has:
    (1)
submitted a completed application on forms provided by the board;
    (2)
paid the nonrefundable application fees established in this article;
    (3)
certified that he or she is mentally and physically able to engage safely in
practice as an anesthesiologist's assistant;
    (4)
submitted evidence to the board that the applicant has obtained a baccalaureate
or higher degree from an institution of higher education accredited by an
organization recognized by the Commission on Higher Education. This degree
program must have included courses in these areas of study:
       (a)
general biology;
       (b)
general chemistry;
       (c)
organic chemistry;
       (d)
physics;
       (e)
calculus; and
    (5)
submitted evidence to the board that the applicant has obtained a
graduate-level degree from a program accredited by the Commission on
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, or any of the commission's
successor organizations, and the graduate degree program must have included the
following:
       (a)
courses in the basic sciences of anesthesia, including general pharmacology,
physiology, pathophysiology, anatomy, and biochemistry, and these courses must
be presented as a continuum of didactic courses designed to teach students the
foundations of human biological existence on which clinical correlations to
anesthesia practice are based;
       (b)
pharmacology for the anesthetic sciences which must include instruction in the
anesthetic principles of pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics,
uptake and distribution, intravenous anesthetics and narcotics, and volatile
anesthetics;
       (c)
physics in anesthesia; and
       (d)
fundamentals of anesthetic sciences, presented as a continuum of courses
covering a series of topics in basic medical sciences with special emphasis on
the effects of anesthetics on normal physiology and pathophysiology;
    (6)
submitted evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant holds current
certification from the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist's
Assistants and that the requirements for receiving the certification included
passage of an examination to determine the individual's competence to practice
as an anesthesiologist's assistant;
    (7)
no licensure, certificate, or registration as an anesthesiologist's assistant
under current discipline, revocation, suspension, probation, or investigation
for cause resulting from the applicant's practice as an anesthesiologist's
assistant in any jurisdiction; and
    (8) appeared before a board
member or board designee with his or her sponsoring anesthesiologist,
presenting all original diplomas and certificates and demonstrated knowledge of
the contents of this article;  and
    (9)(8) submitted to the board any other information the board
considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications.
SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.
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