State medical board · Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · #47 of 51
South Carolina
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables joined to the FSMB physician census, South Carolina is read here by serious-action rate, national placement, and the live HHS OIG LEIE extract - not as a physician-quality grade.
- 0.34
- Rate / 1k physicians
- 25
- Serious actions (3 yr)
- 24,248
- Licensed physicians
- #47
- Of 51 ranked
The short answer
South Carolina ranks #47 of 51 at 0.34 serious actions per 1,000 physicians (2021-2023).
South Carolina boards reported 25 serious physician actions over 2021-2023 across 24,248 licensed physicians (0.34 per 1,000; national average 0.81). Public Citizen HRG rates measure enforcement intensity, not misconduct prevalence. The live HHS OIG LEIE extract currently lists 714 federal exclusions tied to South Carolina.
State verdict
According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group HRG 2021-2023 tables, South Carolina ranks #47 of 51 on RATE at 0.34 per 1,000 (58% below national) and #32 on serious-action VOLUME (25 actions). California leads volume.
- 0.34
- Serious actions / 1k physicians · 2021-2023
- #47
- National rate rank of 51
- 0.42x
- Vs national average rate
- 714
- Federal LEIE exclusions in-state
Rates are annual averages of serious public board actions (2021-2023) over licensed physicians; LEIE exclusions are the live federal extract as of August 2026. Higher rates describe board enforcement intensity, not prevalence of misconduct.
Board docket plate
Board SC · South Carolina 0.34/1k · #47/51
RATE-TRACE · VOL-MID · DUAL-SPLIT · CONVIC-LED · LEIE-MID · BOARD-SC
- RATE-TRACE Trace rate
- VOL-MID Vol #32
- DUAL-SPLIT Rate≠volume
- CONVIC-LED Conviction-led
- LEIE-MID Mid LEIE
- BOARD-SC SC
Nearest rate peer: Hawaii (+0.02/1k)
Instrument codes from this board’s Public Citizen HRG rate, serious-action volume dual, LEIE authority family, federal-exclusion density, and jurisdiction code - not a physician-quality grade.
How 714 South Carolina LEIE rows split by authority family
Exclusive family rollup of HHS OIG LEIE statutory headings for this state, not the raw top-N category ChartBar below.
Rate neighbourhood around South Carolina
South Carolina LEIE exclusion reasons
Source: HHS Office of Inspector General, List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) + Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) Physician Discipline data South Carolina physician disciplinary actions (2021-2023) + active OIG LEIE exclusions · 2024 OIG LEIE updated monthly; FSMB Physician Data Center publishes the consolidated state board action data. Disciplinary action rates normalize against active physician licensee counts at the state level.
Lower-rate enforcement band
South Carolina in the lower-rate third
0.34/1k sits in the bottom third of ranked boards (#47 of 51). LEIE extract: 714 federal exclusions tied to South Carolina.
Rate sits 58% below the national baseline . Complaint volume, confidential remediation, and board rules can all depress published rates.
Sources: Public Citizen HRG 2021-2023 · FSMB physician census · HHS OIG LEIE. Informational only. Methodology.
Recent federal exclusions in South Carolina
714 individuals and entities in South Carolina are currently excluded from Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal healthcare programs by the HHS Office of Inspector General. Category totals sit in the ChartBar above; this table is the live row sample.
| Name | Category | Exclusion Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Brown | Healthcare Employee | Misdemeanor: Healthcare Fraud | 2026-08-20 |
| Latoya Latrell Fennell | Licensed Healthcare Professional | Conviction: Patient Abuse or Neglect | 2026-08-20 |
| Brett John Lerner | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Malachi Mullings | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-08-20 |
| Jacqueline Graham Burgess | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| William Jeffrey Earley | Physician | Conviction: Controlled Substance | 2026-07-20 |
| Francine Sims Super | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-07-20 |
| Felisha Jean Douglas | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Tika Michelle Griffin | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Debra Jones Howard | Individual (Unaffiliated) | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Shahirah King-Dunson | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Patrick C Jr Moore | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-06-18 |
| Christian Polson | Licensed Healthcare Professional | License Revocation or Suspension | 2026-06-18 |
| Mark Thomas Allen | Business Owner/Executive | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
| Angela D Harrison | Healthcare Employee | Conviction: Program-Related Crime | 2026-05-20 |
Source: HHS OIG LEIE. Showing most recent exclusions. Total excluded in South Carolina: 714.
Official medical board record
South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners publishes license and disciplinary orders for South Carolina. File complaints via its published channel ((803) 896-4500).
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide states with similar board discipline profiles
Cross-state peers matched on Public Citizen serious-action rate and volume, not the sequential rank browse.
Similar serious-action rate (per 1,000 physicians)
- Hawaii · 0.36/1k · 12 serious actions
- New Jersey · 0.37/1k · 51 serious actions
- Delaware · 0.31/1k · 7 serious actions
- Pennsylvania · 0.30/1k · 60 serious actions
Similar serious-action volume (± rate)
- Nevada · 25 serious actions · 0.63/1k
- North Dakota · 24 serious actions · 1.39/1k
- Louisiana · 24 serious actions · 0.43/1k
- Kansas · 24 serious actions · 0.60/1k
Data currency: Physician disciplinary actions compiled from Federation of State Medical Boards records, reflecting data through 2023, last refreshed May 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.
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According to the Public Citizen Health Research Group, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and the HHS Office of Inspector General, serious board-action rates and federal exclusions are published in fixed reporting windows. Every figure on PlainDiscipline is rebuilt from those Public Citizen / FSMB board-rate tables and the OIG LEIE extract; no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on public regulatory source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. Data current as of August 2026.
Board rates and LEIE exclusions are published regulatory counts for a fixed reporting window - not physician-quality rankings, medical advice, licensing recommendations, or real-time board-case status. Data changelog