Every South Carolinian deserves safe, high-quality, physician-led emergency care—and every emergency physician deserves a strong voice advocating for their profession. The South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (SCCEP) is our state's dedicated advocate for emergency physicians, working directly with lawmakers to protect our patients, our profession, and the future of emergency medicine. 

In 2025, SCCEP helped secure landmark legislation requiring a physician to be physically present in every hospital emergency department across South Carolina—making us just the third state in the nation to enact this critical protection. 

This historic achievement demonstrates the power of organized physician advocacy, but our work is far from finished. SCCEP needs your help to continue to champion the following priorities for EP's in SC:

• Stronger workplace safety protections and enhanced penalties for violence against healthcare workers, 

• Defending physician-led care teams against inappropriate midlevel scope-of-practice expansion,   

• Advocating for eliminating restrictive physician noncompete agreements, 

• Oppose the independent practice of medicine by artificial intelligence without physician oversight. 

These efforts require sustained legislative engagement, grassroots advocacy, and financial support. Your contribution directly strengthens our ability to advocate for emergency physicians and protects the patients we serve while ensuring that the future of emergency medicine is shaped by those who practice it. Join us in making our collective voice stronger.

Sincerely,

Aalap Shah, MD, FACEP

President

South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians (SCCEP)

*All SCCEP Leadership have committed to a donation of $250 or higher to lead the cause.