South Carolina's Supreme Court has asked the state legislature, when it reconvenes in January, to reconsider a law that affects physicians who serve as expert witnesses. The law requires physicians from out-of-state to have a South Carolina license to testify as expert witnesses in the state's courts.  

				In its order, the court said "the law casts doubt on a physician's ability to offer testimony if the physician lives out of state, and it fails to address certain situations such as a physician who at one time was licensed in South Carolina but has since moved to another state," reported 

The state Board of Medical Examiners disagrees with the court's position, noting that the intent of the law is to ensure that physicians who serve as expert witnesses have a state license to which they can be held accountable. 

South Carolina's Supreme Court has asked the state legislature, when it reconvenes in January, to reconsider a law that affects physicians who serve as expert witnesses. The law requires physicians from out-of-state to have a South Carolina license to testify as expert witnesses in the state's courts.