South Carolina H 4155: A HOUSE RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND APPLAUD MASTER PILOT ROGER L. BLACKMAN ON RECEIVING THE WRIGHT BROTHERS MASTER PILOT AWARD IN MARCH 2017.

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2025-2026 Bill 4155 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 06, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4155

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A house RESOLUTION

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

Whereas, the 
osteopathic medical profession is celebrating the one hundred fiftieth year 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 70% in the past ten years; and

Whereas, South Carolina 
has rapidly grown its numbers of osteopathic physicians, reaching 12% of 
licensed physicians and residents-in-training in the State; and

Whereas, colleges of 
osteopathic medicine make up 21% of our nation's medical schools, students of 
osteopathic medicine make up 28% of our nation's medical students, and doctors 
of osteopathic medicine make up 15% 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 United States military, 
making up 43% of the current number of physicians in the Air Force and 44% 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 -- through 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, the state's 
only permanent four-year osteopathic medical school, is committed to training 
globally minded, community-focused physicians to practice in the rural and 
underserved areas of the State and nation; and

Whereas, the A.T. Still 
University School of Osteopathic Medicine has an Affiliated Health Center 
Training Site in Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties. There, students are 
prepared 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 those additional specialties most needed in rural and 
underserved areas. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives:

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

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