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Dr. Beth Ehlich, a 1990 Sherman College graduate and faculty member, was recently elected chair of the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners. She is the first woman elected to serve as chair of this organization. Having been a board member for 12 years, she has served as a former vice chair and has chaired several board committees.
“I am honored to be selected to serve as the next Chair of the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners,” Dr. Ehlich shared. “I will seek to continue to protect the public while working to improve the communication between the board and the licensees of our great state of South Carolina. Our state is a desirable state in which to practice because of the beauty and diversity of our state as well as a great practice act for chiropractors. 2020 will be an exciting year and I look forward to serving.”
Dr. Beth Ehlich says she didn’t plan to pursue regulation as a part of her career but was encouraged by colleagues to seek appointment to the Board. “It is often said in the world of regulation that ‘I didn’t find regulation, but regulation found me,’” she shared. She is excited to continue the level of service that many in SC have pursued in regulation.
Dr. Ehlich first began her regulatory service when she was first appointed to the SCBCE by South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford in 2004. She has since been appointed by Governors Nikki Haley and Henry McMaster. At the time of her initial appointment, she was only the fourth woman to ever serve on the board. Her mother-in-law, Dr. Judy Ehlich, who practiced for 54 years, was one of the first two women who served on the board when it was first established in the early 1970s.
She says she has learned much about the legislative process regarding regulation, appropriate disciplinary measures and licensure requirements. A highlight of her service has been giving National Board Part IV examinations as well working on test committees.
Dr. Ehlich often travels our state teaching Rules and Regulations programs to licensees to share news from the board and to help them meet continuing education renewal requirements. She attends national and district meetings representing the SCBCE to learn more about the world of regulation and the work of regulators both domestically and in other countries. South Carolina has always been well represented with participants in the NBCE and FCLB, she said, and Sherman College has had several graduates participate in these organizations as well.
“Regulation is generally not the most popular area of service, but without proper regulation, our profession would suffer,” Dr. Ehlich explained. “It is my goal and a part of my purpose to strive to protect the profession and elevate chiropractic in the eyes of the public and other professions. I don’t see rules as necessarily a limit on what we can do but rather that boundaries define our freedoms to work within the rules. As a regulator, my first priority is to see that the public is protected and the chiropractors practicing in our state meet high standards of licensure and conduct.”
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