South Carolina S 417: Osteopathic Medicine Day Sen Res

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2025-2026 Bill 417 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 04, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 417

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A senate RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 12, 2025, AS "OSTEOPATHIC 
MEDICINE DAY" IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO CELEBRATE THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH YEAR 
OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE.

Whereas, the 
osteopathic medical profession is celebrating the one hundred fiftieth year 
anniversary of the development of what is now osteopathic medicine in the 
United States; and

Whereas, osteopathic 
medicine originated in the studies of Andrew Taylor Still, an American doctor 
of osteopathic medicine, physician, and surgeon; and

Whereas, during the 
past three decades, the number of doctors of osteopathic medicine in the United 
States has more than quadrupled, increasing by seventy percent in the past ten years; 
and

Whereas, South Carolina 
has rapidly grown its numbers of osteopathic physicians reaching twelve percent 
of licensed physicians and residents-in-training in the State; and

Whereas, colleges of 
osteopathic medicine make up twenty-one percent of our nation's medical 
schools, students of osteopathic medicine make up twenty-eight percent of our 
nation's medical students, and doctors of osteopathic medicine make up fifteen 
percent of our nation's physicians; and

Whereas, osteopathic 
physicians have made tremendous contributions in leadership, research, and 
patient care in the United States, including treating United States presidents, 
serving as flag officers in the United States military, Coast Guard, and Public 
Health Service, and conducting research at the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration and the National Institutes of Health; and

Whereas, osteopathic 
physicians have a strong tradition of caring for patients in rural and 
underserved communities in all parts of the country, with a strong presence in 
the primary care specialties; and

Whereas, osteopathic 
physicians are proportionately overrepresented in the Unites States military, 
making up forty-three percent of the current number of physicians in the Air 
Force and forty-four percent of all Health Professions Scholarship Program medical 
students; and

Whereas, osteopathic 
physicians are trained to help patients heal from within-in body, mind, and 
spirit-employing a hands-on, patient-centered approach that includes the 
distinctive use of osteopathic manipulative medicine, when indicated, to 
diagnose and treat conditions, preserve good health, and prevent the spread of 
disease; and

Whereas, the Edward Via 
College of Osteopathic Medicine-Carolinas Campus in Spartanburg is the State's 
only permanent four-year osteopathic medical school, committed to training 
globally-minded, community-focused physicians to practice in the rural and underserved 
areas of the State and nation; and

Whereas, the AT Still 
University School of Osteopathic Medicine has an Affiliated Health Center 
Training Site in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton Counties and prepares its 
graduates to practice in the rural and underserved areas of South Carolina and 
the nation; and

Whereas, South 
Carolinians recognize the need for osteopathic physicians who are committed to 
improving the health of all Americans through practice in primary care 
specialties and the additional specialties most needed in rural and underserved 
areas. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognize March 12, 
2025, as "Osteopathic Medicine Day" in South Carolina and celebrate the one 
hundred fiftieth year of osteopathic medicine.

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