S.C. Code Regs. 81-27. Final Orders of the Board

Final orders of the Board in any disciplinary proceeding shall be issued upon approval of the Board as provided in Section 40-47-117. All final orders shall be kept on file in the Board’s office, but only final orders not designated as private reprimands or dismissals, shall be public. All final orders, except those orders designated as private reprimands or dismissals shall be promptly filed with the Federation of State Boards of Medical Examiners, and the Board through its Administrator shall cause to be published in South Carolina a biannual summary of its disciplinary actions. All final orders of the Board, except those designated as private reprimands or dismissals, shall be served upon the County Medical Society of the respondent, all South Carolina hospitals in which the respondent enjoys staff privileges and upon the President and Executive Director of the South Carolina Medical Association.

Final orders of the Board which are designated as private reprimands as provided for in Section 40-47-117, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, shall be sent by means of registered mail from the President or Vice-President of the Board to the respondent. Any such letters or final orders of the Board so designated shall be entered as a part of the Board’s final report and shall be treated as a part of the disciplinary proceedings and therefore private and not subject to public disclosure .