S.C. Code Ann. § 40-63-80 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 40-63-80
SECTION 40-63-80. Power to subpoena witnesses, take evidence, and require production of documents.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of conducting an investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the board or a person designated by the board may subpoena witnesses, take evidence, and require the production of any documents or records which the board considers relevant to the inquiry. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1968 (55) 2800; 1982 Act No. 453, SECTION 2; 1988 Act No. 568, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 944; 1976 Code SECTION 40-63-30.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-33-1300 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Article 15 / Section 40-33-1300
SECTION 40-33-1300. Nurse Licensure Compact enacted.
Status: in_force

The Nurse Licensure Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this State with all other states legally joining therein, in the form substantially as set forth in this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-8-180 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 40-8-180
SECTION 40-8-180. Appeal.
Status: in_force

A person aggrieved by any action of the board may seek review of the decision in accordance with the provisions of Section 40-1-160.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-59-190 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 59 / Article 1 / Section 40-59-190
SECTION 40-59-190. Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Investigations and proceedings conducted under the provisions of this chapter are confidential and all communications are privileged as provided for in Section 40-1-190.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-43-83 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 40-43-83
SECTION 40-43-83. In-state facilities dealing with prescription drugs; out-of-state facilities in mail order pharmacy service; permits; registered agents; required pharmacist-in-charge; display of permit; penalty; refusal of permit if not in public interest.
Status: in_force

(A) All facilities located within this State engaging in the manufacture, production, sale, distribution, possession, or dispensing of prescription drugs or devices and all facilities located outside of this State whose primary business is mail order pharmacy service engaging in the sale, distribution, or dispensing of prescription drugs or devices in this State must be permitted by the Board of Pharmacy, and annually shall renew the permit by June first. Where operations are conducted at more than one location, each location must be permitted by the Board of Pharmacy. This subsection does not apply to a college or university athletic department that dispenses prescription drugs or devices. (B) Each permittee located outside of this State who ships, mails, distributes, or delivers prescription drugs or devices in this State and every pharmacy located outside of this State who ships, mails, distributes, or delivers prescription drugs or devices in this State shall designate a registered agent in this State for service of process. Any such permittee or pharmacy who does not so designate a registered agent is deemed to have designated the Secretary of State of this State to be its true and lawful attorney, upon whom may be served all legal process in any action or proceeding against such permittee growing out of or arising from such delivery. A copy of any such service of process shall be mailed to such permittee or pharmacy by the board by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, at the address such permittee has designated on its application for licensure in this State. If any such person is not permitted in this State, service on the Secretary of State only is sufficient service. (C) The board shall determine and promulgate the permit classifications of all permits by regulation under this chapter and establish minimum standards for such permits. (D) Each pharmacy shall have a pharmacist-in-charge; however, a college or university athletic department pharmacy is not required to have a pharmacist-in-charge. Whenever an applicable rule requires or prohibits action by a pharmacy, responsibility is that of the permit holder and the pharmacist-in-charge of the pharmacy, whether the ownership is a sole proprietor, partnership, association, corporation, or otherwise. (E) The board may enter into agreements with other states or with third parties for the purpose of exchanging information concerning the permitting and inspection of entities located in this jurisdiction and those located outside this State. (F) Permits issued under this section must be displayed in a conspicuous place in the permitted facility for which it was issued in such a manner that will enable an interested person to determine the name of the permittee, permit number, and permit expiration date. The permits are not transferable. (G) This section must not be construed as precluding any person from owning or being a permit holder if all of the dispensing, compounding, and retailing of prescription drugs in it are under the supervision and direction of a licensed pharmacist. (H) The Board of Pharmacy may deny or refuse to renew a permit if it determines that the granting or renewing of such permit would not be in the public interest. If an application is refused, the board shall notify the applicant in writing of its decision and the reasons for its decision. (I) A permit is required for the sale, distribution, possession, or dispensing of drugs bearing the legend "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" including, but not limited to, pharmacies (institutional or community, public or private), nursing homes, hospitals, convalescent homes, extended care facilities, family planning clinics, public or private health clinics, infirmaries, wholesalers, correctional institutions, industrial health clinics, mail order vendors, and manufacturers within or outside this State. (J) The board shall assess a civil penalty in the amount of fifty dollars for failure to display a permit as required by this section. (K) The Department of Health and Environmental Control is exempt from the provisions of this section that require facilities distributing or dispensing prescription drugs to be permitted by the Board of Pharmacy and from the provisions of this section that require each pharmacy to have a pharmacist-in-charge; however, each health district in this State must have a permit to distribute or dispense prescription drugs.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-51-190 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 51 / Section 40-51-190
SECTION 40-51-190. Annual report of board.
Status: in_force

The board shall report annually in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 73, Title 40 of the 1976 Code.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-45-320 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Article 1 / Section 40-45-320
SECTION 40-45-320. Construction of chapter; rights to payment of certain health plan benefits; effect on contractual agreements requiring doctor's prescription for therapy services; effect on workers' compensation.
Status: in_force

(A) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to create a right in a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant to: (1) have paid to a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant a benefit under: (a) a self-funded plan providing benefits to residents of this State; (b) accident and health insurance provided to residents of this State; (c) a plan of operation established by a health maintenance organization licensed in this State; or (2) have a claim against a third party payer, however situated. (B) Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to limit, enlarge, or otherwise affect any contractual agreement now in effect or entered into after the effective date of this act which provides that a person obtaining physical therapy services must have a prescription from a doctor of medicine licensed under Chapter 47 or from a person licensed to practice dentistry under Chapter 25 in order to be entitled to receive reimbursement for these therapy services. (C) Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to affect the provisions of Title 42 of the South Carolina Code of Laws relating to workers' compensation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-9-45 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 9 / Section 40-9-45
SECTION 40-9-45. Prerequisite educational requirements for students of chiropractic colleges chartered by State.
Status: in_force

All students of any chiropractic college chartered by the State shall have two years of preprofessional college credits from a college or university accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools or an accrediting agency of equal status and recognition prior to enrollment. Provided, that the educational qualifications required of students entering chiropractic colleges shall not apply to students enrolled prior to July 1, 1974.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-54-30 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 40-54-30
SECTION 40-54-30. Permit to be posted.
Status: in_force

A permit issued under this chapter shall be posted conspicuously at all places of business named therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-85-120 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 85 / Section 40-85-120
SECTION 40-85-120. Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The board has jurisdiction over the actions of licensees and former licensees as provided in Section 40-1-115.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-10-20 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 10 / Section 40-10-20
SECTION 40-10-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Bid" means an offer to furnish labor, equipment, or materials or other services regulated by this chapter. (2) "Board" means the South Carolina Contractor's Licensing Board. (3) "Certification" means an individual who is registered with the department and who has been issued a certificate as a qualifying party for a fire sprinkler contractor. (4) "Contractor" means an individual or entity licensed to engage in the planning, sale, installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or inspection of fire sprinkler systems. (5) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. (6) "Entity" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, cooperative, corporation, or other legal entity authorized by law and approved by the board. (7) "Fire sprinkler contractor" means an entity or individual approved by the board to engage in the planning, sale, installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or inspection of fire protection sprinkler systems or water spray systems, but does not include local building officials, fire inspectors, or insurance inspectors when acting in their official capacity. (8) "Fire sprinkler system" means a system of overhead or underground piping, or both, to protect the interior or exterior of a building or structure from fire where the primary extinguishing agent is water and designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system includes the overhead and underground fire water mains, fire hydrants and hydrant mains, standpipes, and hose connection to sprinkler systems, supplied from a reliable, constant, and sufficient water supply, such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or connection by underground piping to a city main but does not include dual or multi-purpose water lines supplying fire systems or equipment, potable water, or process water, or both. The system is a network of specially sized or hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure, or area, generally overhead, and to which sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern. The system includes a controlling valve and a device for actuating an alarm when the system is in operation. The system is usually activated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire area. Fire protection sprinkler systems include the following types: water based or wet-pipe systems, water foam systems, dry-pipe systems, preaction systems, residential systems, deluge systems, combined dry-pipe and preaction systems, non-freeze systems, and circulating closed loop systems. (9) "Grandfather qualifying party" means an individual who qualified for certification to become a primary qualifying party for a fire protection sprinkler contractor before September 1, 1985, and who has not met the NICET Level III or IV Technician Certification requirement in "Fire Protection Engineering Technology Automatic Sprinkler System Layout" to qualify a fire sprinkler contractor as a primary qualifying party. (10) "Individual" means a natural person, male or female. (11) "Licensee" means a fire sprinkler contractor who has been issued a license by the department to engage in fire sprinkler system work. (12) "Misconduct" means grounds for revocation, suspension, or other discipline of a licensee for violation of this chapter or a satisfactory showing that a licensee has had a license or other authorization to practice in a construction-related field denied, canceled, revoked, or suspended or disciplined in another state or federal jurisdiction. (13) "NFPA" means the National Fire Protection Association. (14) "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies. (15) "Permit" means a written document or certification from an authority or municipal jurisdiction to allow any entity or individual to engage in contracting within their area of authority or jurisdiction. (16) "Primary qualifying party" means a full-time employee of a fire sprinkler contractor who holds a valid NICET Level III or IV Technician Certificate in "Fire Protection Engineering Technology Automatic Sprinkler System Layout" and who has been issued a qualifying party certificate by the board to qualify an entity as a fire sprinkler contractor. The individual has been designated by the licensee as the principle individual responsible for directing or reviewing fire sprinkler contractor work. (17) "Qualifying party" means an individual who has received a NICET Level III or IV Technician Certification in "Fire Protection Engineering Technology Automatic Sprinkler System Layout" and who is an employee of a fire sprinkler contractor who has been issued a qualifying party certificate. (18) "Revocation" means the cancellation or withdrawal of a license or certification or other authorization issued by the board either permanently or for a period specified by the board. An individual whose license or certification or other authorization has been permanently revoked by the board shall never again be eligible for a license or certification from the board. (19) "Total cost of construction" means the actual cost incurred by the owner, all contractors, subcontractors, and other parties for labor, material, equipment, profit, and incidental expenses for the entire project. This does not include the cost of design services unless those services are included in a construction contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-59-530 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 59 / Article 3 / Section 40-59-530
SECTION 40-59-530. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

This article does not apply to a person: (1) employed by the State or any political subdivision of the State as a code enforcement official when acting within the scope of that employment; (2) inspecting a home exclusively for the use of a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union unless otherwise required by federal law or regulation; (3) licensed, registered, or certified pursuant to Chapter 3 or a person duly licensed as a general contractor pursuant to Chapter 11 or a person duly licensed pursuant to Article 1 of Chapter 59 or a person duly licensed or registered as a professional engineer pursuant to Chapter 22. Notwithstanding the exemption from licensure under this article, the provisions of this article relating to the conduct of a person in the performance of a home inspection shall apply to that person. A violation of this article is considered a violation against the person's license and subjects the person to disciplinary action by the licensing board under which the person is licensed; (4) who is duly licensed under the provisions of Section 46-13-55 for the purpose of issuing CL100 Wood Infestation Reports, provided such inspection is limited solely to the requirement of the CL100 report. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1994 Act No. 463, SECTION 3; 1976 Code SECTION 40-59-230.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-33-10 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Article 1 / Section 40-33-10
SECTION 40-33-10. State Board of Nursing; membership; seal; promulgation of regulations; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the State Board of Nursing composed of eleven members. Two must be licensed practical nurses from the State at large, and two must be lay members from the State at large. Seven must be registered nurses, each representing one congressional district, and at least one must be employed in a hospital setting and at least one must be licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse. When appointing members to the board, consideration should be given to including a diverse representation of principal areas of nursing including, but not limited to, hospital, acute care, advanced practice, community health, and nursing education. Registered nurse and licensed practical nurse members must be licensed in South Carolina, must be employed in nursing, must have at least three years of practice in their respective professions immediately preceding their appointment, and shall reside in the district they represent. Lay members must not be licensed or employed as a health care provider but shall represent the public at large as a consumer of nurse services. No member may serve as an officer of a professional health related state association. The chairman or designee of the State Board of Medical Examiners shall serve as an advisory nonvoting member to the board to provide consultation on matters requested by the Board of Nursing. (B) Members shall serve terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Board members must be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. An individual, group, or association may nominate qualified persons and submit them to the Governor for consideration. Vacancies must be filled for the unexpired portion of a term by appointment of the Governor. (C) The Governor may remove members pursuant to Section 1-3-240(C) or members who have been guilty of continued neglect of their duties or members who are found to be incompetent, unprofessional, or dishonorable. No members may be removed without first giving them the opportunity to refute the charges filed against them. The member must be given copies of the charges at the time they are filed. (D) A board member, or person authorized and approved by the board, engaged in business for the board may receive for board service the usual per diem, mileage, and subsistence as provided by law. These expenses must be paid from the fees received by the board under this chapter. (E) The board may have and use an official seal bearing the words: "State Board of Nursing for South Carolina". The board may promulgate regulations as it considers necessary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (F) The board shall meet at least quarterly for the purpose of transacting business. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum; however, if there is a vacancy on the board, a majority of the members serving constitutes a quorum. A board member is required to attend meetings or to provide proper notice and justification of inability to do so. Unexcused absences from meetings may result in removal from the board as provided in Section 1-3-245. (G) A chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary comprise the officers of the board. The election of the chairman must be from the registered nurse members of the board, and the vice chairman and secretary must be elected from the members. Officers shall serve terms of one year and until their successors are elected. The administrator shall certify to the Governor the names of the officers elected for regular and unexpired terms. (H) The Chairman of the State Board of Nursing, or the chairman's designee, shall serve as an advisory nonvoting member of the State Board of Medical Examiners to provide consultation on matters requested by the State Board of Medical Examiners. The Board of Medical Examiners shall send written notice at least ten days before meetings that the Board of Medical Examiners wants the chairman or designee of the State Board of Nursing to attend. The Chairman of the State Board of Nursing, or the chairman's designee, and the State Board of Medical Examiners shall meet at least twice a year and more often as necessary. (I) In addition to the powers and duties enumerated in Section 40-1-70, the board may: (1) publish advisory opinions and position statements relating to nursing practice procedures or policies authorized or acquiesced to by any agency, facility, institution, or other organization that employs persons authorized to practice under this chapter to comply with acceptable standards of nursing practice; (2) develop minimum standards for continued competency of licensees continuing in or returning to practice; (3) conduct surveys of educational enrollments and licensure and report to the public; (4) conduct investigations and hearings concerning alleged violations of this chapter; (5) develop minimum standards for nursing education programs; (6) approve nursing education programs that meet the prescribed standards; (7) deny or withdraw approval or limit new student admissions of nursing education programs that fail to meet the prescribed standards; (8) use minimum standards as a basis for evaluating safe and effective nursing practice; (9) examine, license, and renew the authorizations to practice of qualified applicants; (10) join organizations that develop and regulate the national nursing licensure examinations and promote the improvement of the practice of nursing for the protection of the public; (11) collect any information the board considers necessary, including social security numbers or alien identification numbers, in order to report disciplinary actions to national databanks of disciplinary information; (12) establish guidelines to assist employers of nurses when errors in nursing practice can be handled through corrective action in the employment setting. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1942 Code SECTION 5224; 1935 (39) 173; 1947 (45) 579; 1952 Code SECTION 56-961; 1959 (51) 307; 1962 Code SECTION 56-961; 1974 (58) 1943; 1975 (59) 563; 1981 Act No. 89, SECTIONS 2, 3, 5; 1990 Act No. 513, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-33-210. 2012 Act No. 222, SECTION 15, provides as follows: "SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member on it as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (A) and removed subsection (I)(13) relating to fee schedule regulations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-59-590 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 59 / Article 3 / Section 40-59-590
SECTION 40-59-590. Restrictions; appraisals and real estate activities.
Status: in_force

A home inspector is prohibited from engaging in real estate appraisal activity unless the inspector meets the requirements of Chapter 60. Further, a home inspector is prohibited from engaging in any real estate activity regulated under Chapter 57 unless the inspector meets the requirements of that chapter. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1994 Act No. 463, SECTION 3; 1976 Code SECTION 40-59-265.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-36-210 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 40-36-210
SECTION 40-36-210. Petition by department for injunctive relief.
Status: in_force

The department, on behalf of the board and in accordance with Section 40-1-120, may petition an administrative law judge, in the name of the State, for injunctive relief against a person violating this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-79-280 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 79 / Section 40-79-280
SECTION 40-79-280. Duty of building officials to refuse permits and report violations; regulation by county or municipality.
Status: in_force

(A) Building officials have a duty to refuse to issue a permit to an unlicensed person for work requiring licensure. It is the duty of a building official, or other authority charged with the duty of issuing building or other similar permits, of any county, incorporated municipality or subdivisions of a county or municipality, to refuse to issue a permit for any undertaking which would classify the applicant as a contractor under this chapter unless the applicant has furnished evidence that he is either licensed as required by this chapter or exempt from these requirements. It is also the duty of the building official, or other authority charged with issuing building or other similar permits, to report to the department the name and address of any entity who, in his opinion, has violated this chapter by bidding or contracting for work which is regulated under this chapter. (B) Nothing in this chapter prohibits or prevents a county or municipality from exercising its lawful duty to regulate businesses within its jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-47-1210 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 47 / Article 9 / Section 40-47-1210
SECTION 40-47-1210. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Anesthesiologist" means a physician who has successfully completed an approved anesthesiology training program including, but not limited to, a program approved by the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association, or its equivalent or successor. (2) "Anesthesiologist's assistant" means an allied health graduate of an accredited anesthesiologist's assistant program who is currently certified by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist's Assistants and who works under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist who is immediately available in the operating suite and is physically present during the most demanding portions of the anesthetic including, but not limited to, induction and emergence. (3) "Board" means the Board of Medical Examiners of South Carolina. (4) "Committee" means the Anesthesiologist's Assistant Committee as established by this article as an advisory committee responsible to the board. (5) "NCCAA" means the National Commission on Certification of Anesthesiologist's Assistants, Inc., the agency recognized to examine and evaluate the education of anesthesiologist's assistants, or its successor organization as recognized by the board. (6) "Sponsoring anesthesiologist" means the physician specialist in anesthesiology who signs the anesthesiologist's assistant's application for licensure. The sponsoring anesthesiologist must be a South Carolina licensed physician currently possessing an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in this State who practices in the medical specialty of anesthesiology, approved by the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education, or its equivalent or successor. The sponsoring anesthesiologist also may be the supervising anesthesiologist. (7) "Supervising anesthesiologist" means a South Carolina licensed physician currently possessing an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in South Carolina who practices in the medical specialty of anesthesiology and has successfully completed a residency in anesthesiology, approved by the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association, or its equivalent or successor. (8) "Supervision" means medically directing and accepting responsibility for the anesthesia services rendered by an anesthesiologist's assistant in a manner approved by the board. The supervising anesthesiologist must be in the hospital and in the anesthetizing or operative area such that he can be immediately available to participate directly in the care of the patient with whom the anesthesiologist's assistant and the anesthesiologist are jointly involved.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-19-30 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 19 / Section 40-19-30
SECTION 40-19-30. Required licenses; permit restrictions regarding unlicensed persons; exemption.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to engage in the practice of funeral service unless the person is licensed in accordance with this chapter. A person who engages or participates actively in directing or in the management of a funeral establishment is considered to be in the practice of funeral service. (B) No permit to operate a funeral home may be issued to a corporation, partnership, or individual when the name of either an unlicensed person or a person whose license has been revoked or is suspended appears in the name of the corporation, partnership, or individually owned business. This prohibition does not apply to established funeral homes existing prior to July 1, 1969. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1955 (49) 550; 1962 Code SECTION 56-662; 1969 (56) 925; 1973 (58) 787; 1983 Act No. 146, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-19-130. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 223, SECTION 8, inserted the (A) and (B) designators; and in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "either an unlicensed person or a person whose license has been revoked or is suspended" for "an unlicensed person".
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-8-90 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 40-8-90
SECTION 40-8-90. Application to establish cemetery; license change application incident to purchase of existing cemetery.
Status: in_force

(A) A legal entity wishing to establish a cemetery shall file a written application for authority to do so with the board on forms prescribed and provided by the department. (1) Upon receipt of the application and a nonrefundable application fee, the board shall cause an investigation to be made to establish the following criteria for approval of the application: (a) creation of a legal entity to conduct a cemetery business and the proposed financial structure; (b) establishment and maintenance of an irrevocable care and maintenance trust fund agreement with a trust institution doing business in this State, with an initial deposit of not less than fifteen thousand dollars and a bank cashier's or certified check attached for the amount and payable to the trustee with the trust executed by the applicant and accepted by the trustee, conditioned only upon the approval of the application; (c) presentation of a plat of the land to be used for a cemetery showing the county or municipality and the names of roads and access streets or ways; (d) designation by the legal entity, wishing to establish a cemetery, of a general manager who must be a person having had not less than two years' experience in the cemetery business; (e) presentation of development plans sufficient to ensure the community that the cemetery shall provide adequate cemetery services and that the property is suitable for use as a cemetery. (2) The board, after receipt of the investigating report and within ninety days after receipt of the application, shall grant or refuse to grant the authority to organize a cemetery. (3) If the board intends to deny an application, it shall give written notice to the applicant of its intention to deny. The notice shall state a time and place for a hearing before the board and a summary statement of the reasons for the proposed denial. The notice of intent must be mailed by certified mail to the applicant at the address stated in the application at least fifteen days before the scheduled hearing date. Within thirty days of the hearing, the board must provide the applicant with its written decision regarding its intent to deny the application. An appeal from the board's decision must be made in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. (4) If the board intends to grant the authority, it shall give written notice that the authority to organize a cemetery has been granted and that a license to operate must be issued upon the completion of the: (a) establishment of the irrevocable care and maintenance trust fund and receipt by the board of a certificate from the trust institution certifying receipt of the initial deposit required under this chapter; (b) development, ready for burial, of not less than two acres, certified by inspection of the board or its representative; (c) presentation of a description, by metes and bounds, of the acreage tract of the proposed cemetery, with evidence, by title insurance policy or certificate or certification by an attorney at law, that the applicant is the owner in fee simple of the tract of land which must contain not less than thirty acres, and may not mortgage, lease, or encumber it. In counties with a population of less than thirty-five thousand inhabitants according to the latest official United States census, the tract needs to be only fifteen acres; (d) submission to the board, for its approval, a copy of the cemetery company's policies and procedures as provided for in this chapter. (B) If a person proposes to purchase or acquire control of an existing cemetery either by purchasing the outstanding capital stock of any cemetery company or the interest of the owner and thereby to change the control of the cemetery company, the person shall make application on a form prescribed and provided by the board for a license change. The application shall contain the name and address of the proposed new owner. The application for a license change must be accompanied by an initial application fee. (C) The provisions of subsection (A)(4)(c) relating to the minimum acreage do not apply when the governing body of a municipality which is within fifteen miles of the corporate limits of the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, and in which the cemetery is to be located passes an ordinance authorizing a cemetery with less than thirty acres of land when a license establishes an irrevocable trust with a trust corpus of at least fifteen thousand dollars and five acres of land, and the dedication of fifteen percent of all future sales to deposit in the trust on a quarterly basis.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-11-200 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 40-11-200
SECTION 40-11-200. Unlawful practice; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who practices or offers to practice in this State in violation of this chapter or who knowingly submits false information for the purpose of obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than five thousand dollars. (B) It is a violation of this chapter for an awarding authority, owner, contractor, or an agent of an authority, owner, or contractor to consider a bid, sign a contract, or allow a contractor to begin work unless the bidder or contractor has first obtained the licenses required by this chapter. Bids or contracts submitted by contractors may not be reconsidered or resubmitted to an awarding authority, contractor, or owner if the contractor was not properly licensed at the time the initial bid or contract was submitted. (C) Charges under this section may be preferred by the board by delivering evidence of a violation to a solicitor or a magistrate having jurisdiction. (D) Upon conviction under this section, the fines and assessments imposed by a court must be administered pursuant to Sections 14-1-205, 14-1-206, 14-1-207, 14-1-208, and 14-1-209. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1936 (39) 1675; 1942 Code SECTION 7084-3; 1952 Code SECTION 56-426; 1956 (49) 1762; 1960 (51) 1537; 1962 Code SECTIONS 56-426, 56-426.1; 1993 Act No. 184, SECTION 228; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 873; 1976 Code SECTIONS 40-11-290, 40-11-300.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-63-100 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 40-63-100
SECTION 40-63-100. Equitable relief; cease and desist order; temporary restraining order.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to other remedies provided for in this chapter or Chapter 1, Title 40, the board in accordance with Section 40-1-100 may issue a cease and desist order or may petition an administrative law judge for a temporary restraining order or other equitable relief to enjoin a violation of this chapter. (B) If the board has reason to believe that a person is violating or intends to violate a provision of this chapter, it may, in addition to all other remedies, order the person to desist immediately and refrain from the conduct. The board may apply to an administrative law judge, as provided under Article 5 of Chapter 23 of Title 1, for an injunction restraining the person from the conduct. The judge may issue a temporary injunction ex parte not to exceed ten days and, upon notice and full hearing, may issue any other order in the matter it considers proper. No bond may be required of the board by the judge as a condition to the issuance of an injunction or order contemplated by the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-30-113 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 30 / Section 40-30-113
SECTION 40-30-113. Application for licensure as a massage therapy or sole practitioner establishment.
Status: in_force

(A) To apply for licensure as a massage therapy establishment or a sole practitioner establishment, an applicant must submit: (1) a completed application on a form prescribed by the board, accompanied by all applicable fees for each massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment location; (2) the name, address, and telephone number of each owner of the massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment; and (3) the physical address, mailing address, and telephone number of the premises of the massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment. (B) A massage therapy establishment or sole practitioner establishment must be organized or registered under applicable South Carolina law as an entity, as defined in this chapter. (C) Upon the board's receipt and approval of the information required by this section, the department shall conduct a pre-licensing inspection of the proposed establishment to determine whether the establishment may be licensed as a massage therapy establishment or a sole practitioner establishment. The department shall provide its determination on a form approved by the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-60-330 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Article 3 / Section 40-60-330
SECTION 40-60-330. Registration; requirements.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) A person may not directly or indirectly engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company, or directly or indirectly engage or attempt to perform appraisal management services, or advertise or hold himself out as engaging in or conducting business as an appraisal management company without first obtaining a registration issued by the board under the provisions of this chapter. (2) To register as an appraisal management company, an applicant shall submit to the board an application on a form or forms prescribed by the board. (B) The registration application required in subsection (A) must include: (1) the name of the entity seeking registration; (2) the business address of the entity seeking registration; (3) contact information of the entity seeking registration; (4) the name and contact information for the company's agent for service of process in this State if the entity seeking registration is not a corporation that is domiciled in this State; (5) contact information for an individual, corporation, partnership, or other business entity that owns ten percent or more of the appraisal management company; (6) the name, address, and contact information of a controlling person; (7) certification that the entity seeking registration has a system and process in place to verify that a person being added to the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company holds a certification or license in good standing in this State pursuant to the South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Act; (8) certification that the applicant has a system in place to review the work of all certified or licensed appraisers who are independent contractors and perform real estate appraisal services for the appraisal management company on a periodic basis to validate that the real estate appraisal services are being conducted pursuant to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisals Practice; (9) certification that the entity maintains a detailed record of each service request that it receives and the certified or licensed appraisers who are independent contractors and who perform the real estate appraisal services for the appraisal management company; (10) an irrevocable consent to service of process; (11) a surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars on a surety bond form approved by the board, provided: (a) the registration requirement provided in this item does not apply to an individual appraiser or an individual appraiser serving on an appraisal panel of an appraisal management company, and appraisal management companies are responsible for any cost of a surety bond as required by this item; (b) surety bond claims may be filed by the claimant in accordance with the terms of the surety bond on a bond claim form approved by the board, provided claims are limited to actual damages and do not include attorney's fees or punitive damages incurred by the claimant; and (c) all liability on a surety bond is applicable to the surety bond in effect as of the date of occurrence which gave rise to the liability; (12) a criminal history background check, pursuant to Section 40-60-31(5), for each controlling person and any individual who owns more than ten percent of the appraisal management company. All costs associated with obtaining a criminal history background check shall be the responsibility of the regulated individual or entity; and (13) certification that the person has a system in place to require that appraisals are conducted independently and free from inappropriate influence and coercion, as required by the appraisal independence standards established under Section 129E of the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1639e. (C) A change of an entity's name, address, organizational status, or federal identification number must be reported to the department within fifteen days. Failure to do so may result in registration cancellation and the requirement of the new entity to submit an initial application and meet all requirements for registration. (D) The board shall review and approve or deny the registration of an appraisal management company. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 32, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. In the event that a registration process is unavailable upon the effective date of this act, an appraisal management company already conducting business in this State may continue to conduct business until one hundred twenty days after a registration process becomes available." Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 197, SECTION 1, in (B)(11), added "or a surety bond in an amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, whichever the registering appraisal management company selects" at the end. 2018 Act No. 197, SECTION 3, added (E), providing exceptions to registration requirements. 2024 Act No. 196, SECTION 17, in (A), deleted (3); in (B), inserted "application" and rewrote (11) and (12); and deleted (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-49-20 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 40-49-20
SECTION 40-49-20. Local boards of plumbing examiners; appointment; vacancies.
Status: in_force

In every such city or town there shall be a board of plumbing examiners, consisting of three members, one of whom shall be the health officer of the city or town, who shall be ex officio the chairman of such board. The second member of such board shall be a master plumber with not less than four years' experience and the third member shall be a journeyman plumber, with not less than four years' experience. Such second and third members of such board shall be appointed by the mayor of the city, if such city has a mayor and, if not, then by the governing body of such city or town. Each of such appointees shall hold office for the term of one year and until his successor is appointed as herein provided for. Upon the expiration of any term of office of such second and third member of any such board, his successor shall be appointed by the mayor or governing body, as hereinbefore provided and such successor shall hold office for the term of one year and until his successor is appointed. In the event of a vacancy on the board, caused by the death, resignation or removal from office of the second or third member, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of such mayor or governing body as hereinbefore provided and such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-15-40 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 40-15-40
SECTION 40-15-40. Rules and regulations of board; committees; employees; expenses; examinations; records.
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter for its own organization and for the practice of dentistry and dental hygiene and the performance of dental technological work in this State, and for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and may amend, modify and repeal any rules and regulations from time to time. The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, pursuant to Section 40-73-15, shall appoint such committees, special examiners, agents and employees as he may deem necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the expense thereof to be charged and paid as other expenditures of the board. The board shall hold at least one examination in each year for persons who desire to become licensed dentists or dental hygienists or registered dental technicians. A secretary shall keep a full record of all proceedings of the board, and a complete registry of all licensed dentists, licensed dental hygienists and registered dental technicians. A transcript of any entry in such record or registry certified by the secretary shall be competent evidence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-59-10 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 59 / Article 1 / Section 40-59-10
SECTION 40-59-10. South Carolina Residential Builders Commission; membership; oath.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission which must be composed of eight persons who have been residents of the State for at least five years and two of whom must be consumers not engaged in the business of residential building, four of whom have been actively engaged in residential building for a period of at least five years before the date of their appointment, and who must be recommended to the Governor by the South Carolina Home Builders Association, and one of whom has been actively engaged in residential specialty contracting for a period of at least five years before the date of appointment. One member must be appointed from each congressional district, and one must be appointed from the State at large. Members of the commission must be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of four years or until their successors are appointed and qualify. A vacancy occurring by reason of death, resignation, removal for cause, or otherwise must be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment. The Governor may remove any member of the commission in accordance with Section 1-3-240. (B) Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, each member of the commission shall take and file with the Secretary of State, in writing, an oath to perform properly the duties of his office as a member of the commission and to uphold the Constitution of this State and the United States. (C) Commission members from the general public may be nominated by an individual, group, or association and must be appointed by the Governor in accordance with Section 40-1- 45. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1962 Code SECTION 56-1545.31; 1974 (58) 1949; 1990 Act No. 595, SECTION 3; 1976 Code SECTION 40-59-20. 2012 Act No. 279, SECTION 33, provides as follows: "Due to the congressional redistricting, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires. Further, the inability to hold an election or to make an appointment due to judicial review of the congressional districts does not constitute a vacancy." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment in subsection (A), substituted "eight persons" for "seven persons", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-60-40 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Article 1 / Section 40-60-40
SECTION 40-60-40. Appraiser contact information; notification of change of address or telephone number; service of notice.
Status: in_force

(A) Each licensee and apprentice must maintain on file with the board a current physical address at which they may be found. (B) Each licensee and apprentice must notify the board in writing within fifteen days of any change in residential address, office address, office telephone number, or email address. (C) Service of any notice upon a licensee who cannot be found at the last known address provided by the licensee may be made by leaving with the director, or designee, a copy of the notice and any accompanying documents along with proof of attempted service at the last known address. The board may set aside and reopen a proceeding upon satisfactory showing by the licensee of good cause as to why the licensee did not receive service of the notice. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 196, SECTION 10, in (A), substituted "physical address" for "street address"; and in (B), substituted "office telephone number, or email address" for "or office telephone number".
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-53-80 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 53 / Section 40-53-80
SECTION 40-53-80. Licensing of persons practicing as polygraph examiners on July 7, 1972.
Status: in_force

On July 7, 1972, any person who is actually engaged in the occupation, business, or profession of a polygraph examiner and who is using for that purpose the instrumentation prescribed in SECTION 40-53-30 shall, upon application within ninety days after July 7, 1972 and payment of the required license fee, be issued a polygraph examiner's license which shall be effective no longer than one year from date of issuance, provided, however, that the Division may require such applicant to submit satisfactory proof that he is so engaged. The applicant must also satisfy the requirements of SECTION 40-53-70(a), (d) and (h).
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-47-11 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 47 / Article 1 / Section 40-47-11
SECTION 40-47-11. Medical Disciplinary Commission; qualifications of members; hearings; service as expert witnesses.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Medical Disciplinary Commission of the State Board of Medical Examiners to be composed of thirty-five physician members appointed by the board and seven lay members appointed by the Governor. The physician members of the commission must be licensed physicians practicing their profession, and they must be without prior disciplinary action or conviction of a felony or other crime of moral turpitude. Five physician commissioners must be appointed from each of the seven congressional districts and must reside in the district, which they are appointed to represent. The members of the commission are limited to three consecutive terms. A member of the Board of Medical Examiners may not simultaneously serve as a commissioner. In case of a vacancy by way of death, resignation, or otherwise, the board shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired portion of the term. Where justice, fairness, or other circumstances so require, the board may appoint past commissioners to hear complaints in individual cases. (B) All lay commissioners must hold a baccalaureate degree or higher, must not have been convicted of a felony or other crime of moral turpitude, and must not be employed or have a member of their immediate family employed in a health or medically related field. One lay commissioner must be appointed by the Governor from each of the seven congressional districts, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each lay commissioner must be a registered voter and reside in the congressional district he represents throughout his term. Each lay commissioner initially appointed from each district shall serve for a term of three years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired portion of the term. The Governor may appoint a lay commissioner to serve a full term; however, a lay commissioner may not serve more than three consecutive terms. (C) The commission is empowered to hear those formal complaints filed against practitioners authorized to practice under this chapter, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. These hearings must be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act and with regulations promulgated by the Board of Medical Examiners and must be before a panel composed of not more than three physician commissioners and one lay commissioner. The panel is empowered to hear the matters complained of and to recommend findings of fact and conclusions of law to the board. The panel shall submit a certified report of its proceedings, including its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and mitigating and aggravating circumstances, for consideration by the board in rendering a final decision and shall file this report with the department. (D) The physician members of the commission may serve as expert reviewers and witnesses in investigations and proceedings pursuant to this chapter. A physician commissioner who serves as an expert reviewer or witness in an investigation or proceeding may not serve on the hearing panel for that particular matter or related matters. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 222, SECTION 15, provides as follows: "SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member on it as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment rewrote subsection (A); substituted "One" for "Two", "commissioner" for "commissioners", and "seven" for "six" in subsection (B); and, inserted "of Medical Examiners" in subsection (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-28-190 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 28 / Section 40-28-190
SECTION 40-28-190. Confidentiality of investigations and proceedings.
Status: in_force

An investigation and proceeding conducted under this chapter is confidential and all communications are privileged as provided in Section 40-1-190.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-43-40 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 40-43-40
SECTION 40-43-40. State Board of Pharmacy; creation; membership; terms; qualifications; vacancies; removal.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the State Board of Pharmacy to be composed of ten members, appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom must be a lay member from the State at large, one of whom must be a state-certified pharmacy technician from the State at large, one of whom must be a pharmacist from the State at large, and seven of whom must be pharmacists representing each of the seven congressional districts. However, if no hospital pharmacist is selected to represent any of the seven congressional districts, the Governor shall appoint a hospital pharmacist as the pharmacist at large. (B) The pharmacist at large, the state-certified pharmacy technician, and the lay member shall serve coterminously with the appointing Governor and until their successors are appointed and qualify. The certified pharmacy technician must be actively engaged as a certified pharmacy technician. The board shall conduct an election to nominate three pharmacists from each congressional district to be submitted to the Governor for consideration for appointment. The Governor shall appoint one pharmacist to represent each congressional district from among the nominees submitted for that district. The election shall provide for participation by all pharmacists currently licensed and residing in the congressional district for which the nomination is being made. The pharmacists must be residents of the congressional district they represent, licensed, in good standing to practice pharmacy in this State, and actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy in this State. The members of the board representing the seven congressional districts shall serve terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. No member may serve more than two successive terms of office except that a member serving an unexpired term may be reelected and reappointed for two successive terms. (C) Before December first in the year in which the term expires for a member representing a congressional district, a qualified pharmacist desiring to be a candidate for the board shall submit to the administrator of the board a biography and a petition bearing the signatures of a minimum of fifteen pharmacists practicing in that pharmacist's congressional district. The administrator shall prepare ballots for mailing to all pharmacists licensed and residing in the congressional district for which the nomination is being made. The ballots must be in a form so as to make tabulation quick and easy and shall contain the names of the nominees in alphabetical order. Enclosures to accompany the ballots shall include the envelope in which the ballot is to be sealed and an envelope addressed to the secretary of the board. The addressed envelope shall contain a statement headed "information required" on which must be typed or printed the name of the voter and a space for the voter's signature certifying that the voter: (1) is the person whose name appears on the statement; (2) is eligible to vote in this election; (3) has personally cast the ballot. (D) All ballots must be mailed by the administrator before January fifteenth to the last known mailing address of all pharmacists residing in the congressional district for which the nomination is being made and must be returned to the administrator postmarked before February fifteenth and received by the office before February twenty-fifth. The administrator of the board shall certify these ballots to be true and valid. (E) Before March first, the board shall certify in writing to the Governor the name of the three persons winning the election and the name of the person the nominee replaces on the board, and the member, when appointed by the Governor, takes office the first of July of that year. (F) Notwithstanding subsection (B), if a nominee is judged unfit by the Governor, the board must be informed and other nominees must be submitted in like manner. (G) Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. (H) The Governor may remove a member of the board who is guilty of continued neglect of board duties or who is found to be incompetent, unprofessional, or dishonorable. No member may be removed without first giving the member an opportunity to refute the charges filed against that member. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1926 (34) 32; 1932 Code SECTION 5168; 1942 Code SECTION 5168; 1952 Code SECTION 56-1301; 1962 Code SECTION 56-1301; 1972 (57) 2582; 1981 Act No. 120, SECTIONS 2, 3; 1984 Act No. 416; 1994 Act No. 402, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-43-10. 2012 Act No. 222, SECTION 15, provides as follows: "SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member on it as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires." Effect of Amendment The 2012 amendment substituted "nine" for "eight", "seven" for "six", and removed "Provided," in subsection (A); and, substituted "seven" for "six" with regards to congressional districts in subsection (B). 2024 Act No. 221, SECTION 3, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted "ten members" for "nine members" and inserted "state-certified pharmacy technician from the State at large, one of whom must be a"; and in (B), in the first sentence, inserted ", the state-certified pharmacy technician," and inserted the second sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-43-82 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 40-43-82
SECTION 40-43-82. Pharmacy technicians; registration; approval of training programs; minimum requirements; pharmacists previously disciplined not eligible to be technicians; volunteers at free medical clinics.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The Board of Pharmacy shall register pharmacy technicians who are performing pharmacy functions under the supervision of a pharmacist. (2) A registration is valid from July one through June thirtieth and is renewable on dates as prescribed by the department with the consent of the board. An application for renewal must be on a board approved form provided by the department and must be submitted and accompanied by an annual fee in an amount established in accordance with Section 40-1-50. A pharmacy technician who has failed to properly renew a registration before July first shall immediately cease practice and refrain from performing any duties as a pharmacy technician. Reinstatement of a registration must be granted upon the board receiving a renewal application and renewal and penalty fees. (3) A pharmacy technician shall display his or her current registration in a conspicuous place in the primary pharmacy or drug outlet in which the technician is employed, so that the current registration is easily and readily observable by the public. A technician working in a pharmacy or drug outlet where the technician's registration is not posted must have his or her wallet registration card with him or her. (B)(1) An individual may be certified by the board as a pharmacy technician if the individual has: (a) worked for fifteen hundred hours under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist as a registered pharmacy technician or has completed a Board of Pharmacy approved pharmacy technician course as provided for in subsection (D); however, beginning July 1, 2004, to be certified as a pharmacy technician an individual must have worked for one thousand hours under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist as a technician and must have completed a Board of Pharmacy approved technician course as provided for in subsection (D); (b) a high school diploma or equivalent; and (c) passed the National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board exam or a Board of Pharmacy approved exam and has maintained current certification; and (d) fulfilled continuing education requirements as provided for in Section 40-43-130(G). (2) The pharmacist-in-charge shall verify compliance with the requirements of item (a) of subsection (B)(1) and maintained a record of this requirement in a readily retrievable manner for inspection. (C)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a supervising pharmacist may authorize a certified pharmacy technician to perform any of the following actions including, but not limited to: (a) receiving and initiating verbal telephone orders; (b) conducting one-time prescription transfers; (c) checking a technician's refill of medications if the medication is to be administered by a licensed health care professional in an institutional setting; and (d) checking a technician's repackaging of medications from bulk to unit dose in an institutional setting. (2) Nothing in this section prevents the Board of Pharmacy from establishing duties for a certified technician; provided, however, that a certified technician is prohibited from checking another technician's fill, refill, or repackaging of medications for delivery to a patient in an outpatient setting. (D) A formal academic pharmacy technician training program that leads to a certificate, diploma, or higher degree may be approved by the board if it includes at a minimum: (1) introduction to pharmacy and health care systems; (2) pharmacy law and ethics; (3) pharmacy calculations; (4) pharmacology; (a) anatomy and physiology; (b) therapeutic agents; (c) prescription drugs; (d) nonprescription drugs; (5) pharmacy operations; (a) drug distribution systems; (b) records management and inventory control; (c) ambulatory and institutional practice; (6) compounding; (a) aseptic technique; (b) nonsterile compounding; (7) general education; (a) medical terminology; (b) interpersonal relations; (c) communications; (d) computers/keyboarding; (8) problem solving/critical thinking; (9) experiential training (practical experience). (E) A pharmacist whose license has been denied, revoked, suspended, or restricted for disciplinary purposes is not eligible to be registered as a pharmacy technician. (F) Notwithstanding the requirements of this section or any other provision of law or regulation, an individual who works as an unpaid volunteer under the personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist or who handles legend drugs in a pharmacy department of a free medical clinic staffed by a licensed pharmacist may be registered as a pharmacy technician and may perform pharmacy functions as a pharmacy technician without payment of a registration fee or filing with the board; provided, that a register is maintained in the pharmacy department of the free medical clinic bearing the name of every such volunteer performing pharmacy functions as a pharmacy technician and documenting each volunteer's period of service. This special registration is valid only in the free medical clinic. The register must be kept for a period of three years. For the purposes of this section, "free medical clinic" means a permitted facility that provides medical services, including the dispensing of legend drugs and other medications, free of any charge to members of the public. (G) Pharmacy technicians are exempt from continuing education requirements for the first renewal period following initial registration. Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 91, SECTION 10.A, amended (C), prohibiting certain actions involving the filling, refilling, or repackaging of medications. 2017 Act No. 91, SECTION 10.B, added (G), providing that pharmacy technicians are exempt from continuing education requirements for a certain period.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-68-110 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 68 / Section 40-68-110
SECTION 40-68-110. Disclosure by licensee of information as to insurance or benefit plans for benefit of assigned employees; other reports may be required by regulation.
Status: in_force

(A) A licensee shall disclose to the department, each client company, and its assigned employees information relating to any insurance or benefit plan provided for the benefit of its assigned employees. Benefit plan information must be provided to the assigned employees and the assigned employees shall sign a statement disclosing they have read and understand the benefit plan information prior to enrollment of assigned employees into the plan. The information must, at a minimum, include: (1) the type of coverage; (2) the identity of each insurer for each type of coverage; (3) the amount of benefits provided for each type of coverage and to whom or on whose behalf benefits are to be paid; (4) the policy limits on each insurance policy; (5) whether the coverage is fully insured, partially insured, or fully self-funded; and (6) other information, such as full disclosure of deductibles or co- payments. (B) With respect to any insurance or benefit plan provided by a licensee for the benefit of its assigned employees, the licensee shall provide to the assigned employees the name and address of the insurance agent or broker responsible for securing the policy of insurance on behalf of the licensee. (C) The licensee shall disclose to the department whether the coverage is fully insured, partially insured, or fully self-funded. This provision does not in any way endorse or approve the sponsoring of partially insured or self-funded benefit plans by a licensee, as these plans may not be sponsored, offered, endorsed, or otherwise proffered by a licensee. (D) The licensee shall notify the client company and the department in writing about a discontinuance and replacement, if any, of any health plan or workers' compensation insurance coverage no later than ten business days after the discontinuance and before offering any replacement policy. (E) The administrator by regulation may require the filing by licensees of other reports necessary to the implementation of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-49-90 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Article 1 / Section 40-49-90
SECTION 40-49-90. Plumbing inspectors.
Status: in_force

Each such city or town shall provide for the appointment or election of a plumbing inspector and an assistant, if necessary, but the inspector or inspectors must be practical plumbers, whose duty it shall be to see that all rules and regulations touching such sanitary plumbing are faithfully and diligently observed and executed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-63-520 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 40-63-520
SECTION 40-63-520. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Active Duty Military" means any individual in full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States including members of the National Guard and Reserve. (2) "Adverse Action" means any administrative, civil, equitable or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a licensing authority or other authority against a regulated social worker, including actions against an individual's license or multistate authorization to practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the licensee, limitation on the licensee's practice, or any other encumbrance on licensure affecting a regulated social worker's authorization to practice, including issuance of a cease and desist action. (3) "Alternative Program" means a nondisciplinary monitoring or practice remediation process approved by a social work licensing authority to address impaired practitioners. (4) "Compact Commission" or "Commission" means the national administrative body whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact. (5) "Current Significant Investigative Information" means: (a) investigative information that a licensing authority, after a preliminary inquiry that includes notification and an opportunity for the regulated social worker to respond has reason to believe is not groundless and, if proved true, would indicate more than a minor infraction as may be defined by the commission; or (b) investigative information that indicates that the regulated social worker represents an immediate threat to public health and safety, as may be defined by the commission, regardless of whether the regulated social worker has been notified and has had an opportunity to respond. (6) "Data System" means a repository of information about licensees, including, but not limited to, continuing education, examination, licensure, current significant investigative information, disqualifying event, interstate compact license and adverse action information or other information as required by the commission. (7) "Domicile" means the jurisdiction in which the licensee resides and intends to remain indefinitely. (8) "Disqualifying Event" means any adverse action or incident which results in an encumbrance that disqualifies or makes the licensee ineligible to either obtain, retain or renew an interstate compact license. (9) "Encumbered License" means a license in which an adverse action restricts the practice of social work by the licensee and said adverse action is reportable to the National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB). (10) "Encumbrance" means a revocation or suspension of, or any limitation on, the full and unrestricted practice of social work licensed and regulated by a licensing authority. (11) "Executive Committee" means a group of directors elected or appointed to act on behalf of, and within the powers granted to them by, the compact and commission. (12) "Home State" means the member state that is the licensee's primary domicile. (13) "Impaired Practitioner" means an individual who has a condition that may impair their ability to engage in full and unrestricted practice as a regulated social worker without some type of intervention and may include, but are not limited to, alcohol and drug dependence, mental health impairment, and neurological or physical impairments. (14) "Licensee" means an individual who currently holds an authorization from the state to practice as a regulated social worker. (15) "Licensing Authority" means the board or agency of a member state, or equivalent, that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of regulated social workers. (16) "Member State" means a state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of America that has enacted the compact. (17) "Multistate Authorization to Practice" means a legal authorization, which is equivalent to a license, associated with an interstate compact license permitting the practice of social work in a remote state. (18) "Interstate Compact License" means a license to practice as a regulated social worker issued by a home state licensing authority that authorizes the regulated social worker to practice in all party states under a multistate authorization to practice. (19) "Qualifying National Exam" means a national licensing examination developed and administered by a national association of social work licensing authorities or other competency assessment approved by the commission. (20) "Regulated Social Worker" means any clinical, master's or bachelor's social worker licensed by a member state regardless of the title used by that member state. (21) "Remote State" means a member state other than the home state, where a licensee is exercising or seeking to exercise the multistate authorization to practice. (22) "Rule of the Commission" means a regulation or regulations duly promulgated by the commission, as authorized by the compact, that has the force of law. (23) "Scope of Practice" means the procedures, actions, and processes a regulated social worker in a state is permitted to undertake in that state and the circumstances under which the regulated social worker is permitted to undertake those procedures, actions and processes. Such procedures, actions and processes and the circumstances under which they may be undertaken may be established through official means, including, but not limited to, statute, rules and regulations, case law, and other processes available to the state regulatory authority or other government agency. (24) "Single State License" means a social work license issued by any state that authorizes practice only within the issuing state and does not include a multistate authorization to practice in any member state. (25) "Social Work" or "Social Work Services" means the application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, ethics, and the professional use of self to restore or enhance social, psychosocial, or biopsychosocial functioning of individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations, and communities through the care and services provided by a regulated social worker as set forth in the member state's statutes and regulations in the state where the services are being provided. (26) "State" means any state, commonwealth, district, or territory of the United States of America that regulates the practice of social work. (27) "Unencumbered License" means a license that authorizes a regulated social worker to engage in the full and unrestricted practice of social work. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Social Work Interstate Compact Act.'"
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-25-10 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 25 / Section 40-25-10
SECTION 40-25-10. Citation of Act.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Practice of Specializing in Hearing Aids Act".
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-13-300 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 13 / Section 40-13-300
SECTION 40-13-300. Licensing of salons; issuance and display of license; license not transferrable.
Status: in_force

A person, firm, corporation, or association may apply to the board for licensing of a salon by submitting an application on a form prescribed by the board and paying the initial license fee. Upon approval of a salon, a salon license must be issued and the license must be displayed in a conspicuous place. The license is valid only for the location named on it and it is not transferable. A salon shall comply with all provisions of this chapter applicable to salons and with regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1953 (48) 432; 1962 Code SECTION 56-471.4; 1982 Act No. 388; 1976 Code SECTION 40-13-170.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-3-110 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 40-3-110
SECTION 40-3-110. Restriction of authorization to practice.
Status: in_force

The board may cancel, fine, suspend, revoke, or restrict the authorization to practice architecture of an individual who has had a license to practice a profession or occupation regulated under Title 40 canceled, revoked, or suspended or who has otherwise been disciplined.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-10-240 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 10 / Section 40-10-240
SECTION 40-10-240. Building code compliance.
Status: in_force

(A) Fire protection sprinkler systems must be designed and installed in accordance with the state building codes as adopted by the South Carolina Building Codes Council and the state Fire Codes as adopted by the State Fire Marshal. (B) The following supplemental design codes and standards must be followed when applicable: NFPA 1, NFPA 16(a), NFPA 214, and NFPA 230. (C) An agency shall accept full and complete compliance with the latest edition of a nationally recognized code that it is charged by statute or regulation with enforcing, unless it has promulgated amendments to that code pursuant to state law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-22-320 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 22 / Section 40-22-320
SECTION 40-22-320. Severability.
Status: in_force

If a provision of this chapter or the application of a provision to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable as provided in Section 40-1-220.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-1-140 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-140
SECTION 40-1-140. Prior criminal convictions of applicants.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) A professional or occupational board may not deny a license to an applicant solely because of a prior criminal conviction, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the duties, responsibilities, or fitness of the occupation or profession for which the applicant is seeking a license. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in a professional or occupational licensing practice act regulated by this chapter, professional and occupational boards are prohibited from using vague or generic terms including, but not limited to, "moral turpitude" or "good character", and from considering charges that have been dismissed, nol prossed, or adjudicated with a finding of not guilty as a justification for denying an applicant a license. (B) An applicant who has submitted a completed licensing application may not be denied a license because of the applicant's prior criminal conviction, unless the applicable professional or occupational licensing board has given the applicant an opportunity to appear at an application hearing to determine the applicant's fitness for the occupation or profession. The application hearing must be scheduled for the next available application hearing date for that board. (C) If a board denies an applicant's license solely or in part because of the applicant's prior criminal history, then the board must issue a written final order within thirty days following the date of the application hearing. The written order shall include: (1) the grounds for the denial; and (2) that the final order is appealable to the Administrative Law Court pursuant to Chapter 23, Title 1. Editor's Note 2023 Act No. 13, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Earn and Learn Act of 2023'." Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 13, SECTION 4, rewrote the section, prohibiting the denial of a license based solely or in part on a prior criminal conviction in certain circumstances.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-81-220 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 40-81-220
SECTION 40-81-220. Severability.
Status: in_force

If a provision of this chapter or the application of a provision to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-25-80 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 25 / Section 40-25-80
SECTION 40-25-80. Persons to whom chapter inapplicable; selling and fitting of hearing aids incorporated in eyeglasses.
Status: in_force

(A) This chapter does not: (1) prevent a person from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids if the person or organization employing him does not sell hearing aids or their accessories except for earmolds used only for audiologic evaluation; (2) apply to a physician or audiologist licensed to practice in South Carolina; (3) apply to an audiologist or another person while he is engaged in the practice of recommending hearing aids if his practice is part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education or part of a program conducted by a public, charitable institution or nonprofit organization which primarily is supported by voluntary contributions, if this organization does not sell hearing aids or accessories. (B) On the selling and fitting of hearing aids located in the temples of glasses, licensees may not make facial measurements or adapt, fit, or adjust lenses or frames under this chapter, except for the replacement of temples by those incorporating hearing aid components, unless legally qualified to do so under other South Carolina statutes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-85-50 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 85 / Section 40-85-50
SECTION 40-85-50. License renewals.
Status: in_force

(A) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of the renewal application and upon payment of the fee in an amount to be determined by the board in regulation. (B) A renewal applicant shall provide documentation that he continues to maintain certification required in Section 40-84-40(B)(3)(b). (C) The board shall require NSGC-approved course criteria, not to exceed twenty-five hours biennially, as a condition for license renewal. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 187, SECTION 3, provides as follows: "SECTION 3. The initial license fee is six hundred dollars. The license fee is subject to change in regulation in accordance with the provisions of Section 40-1-50, as added to the S.C. Code by this act. The department may establish and adjust application fees, license renewal fees, late fees, reinstatement fees, and other related fees in regulation. The department shall only establish fees at levels which are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the regulatory program established in this act and may not set or maintain fees that substantially exceed this need."
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-29-180 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 29 / Section 40-29-180
SECTION 40-29-180. Violations threatening health or safety; criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who knowingly violates the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder and thereby threatens or injures the health or safety of a consumer is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-42-30 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 42 / Section 40-42-30
SECTION 40-42-30. Application of article.
Status: in_force

This article governs all licensees providing services via telehealth except for additional or more specific standards provided in the licensees' respective practice act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-11-290 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 40-11-290
SECTION 40-11-290. Licensure of applicant holding license in another state.
Status: in_force

The board may grant a license or certificate to an applicant holding a license or certificate in good standing in another state whose requirements for licensure and certification are equal to or greater than those required by this chapter if the board has authorized an exam waiver agreement with the State. An applicant may exempt the technical examination required for certification if the applicant can verify passing an examination in another state which is essentially the same as the examination required by the department regardless of the absence of a reciprocal agreement with that state. An applicant for certification or licensure under this section may be required to pass the South Carolina Commercial Contractors Business, Law and Project Management examination, and must comply with all other licensing and certification requirements of this chapter. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 69, SECTION 11, in the third sentence, substituted "South Carolina Commercial Contractors Business, Law and Project Management examination," for "South Carolina Code of Laws examination".
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-63-570 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Article 3 / Section 40-63-570
SECTION 40-63-570. Authority of remote states.
Status: reserved

(A) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (1) take adverse action against a regulated social worker's multistate authorization to practice within that member state, and issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses as well as the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a licensing authority in a member state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of evidence from another member state shall be enforced in the latter state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The issuing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state in which the witnesses or evidence are located; and (2) only the home state shall have the power to take adverse action against a regulated social worker's home state license. (B) For purposes of taking adverse action, the home state shall give the same priority and effect to reported conduct received from a member state as it would if the conduct had occurred within the home state. In so doing, the home state shall apply its own state laws to determine appropriate action. (C) The home state shall complete any pending investigations of a regulated social worker who changes primary state of domicile during the course of the investigations. The home state shall also have the authority to take appropriate action and shall promptly report the conclusions of the investigations to the administrator of the data system. The administrator of the data system shall promptly notify the new home state of any adverse actions. (D) A member state, if otherwise permitted by state law, may recover from the affected regulated social worker the costs of investigations and dispositions of cases resulting from any adverse action taken against that regulated social worker. (E) A member state may take adverse action based on the factual findings of another member state, provided that the member state follows its own procedures for taking the adverse action. (F) Joint investigations: (1) In addition to the authority granted to a member state by its respective regulated social work practice act or other applicable state law, any member state may participate with other member states in joint investigations of licensees; and (2) Member states shall share any investigative, litigation, or compliance materials in furtherance of any joint or individual investigation initiated under the compact. (G) If adverse action is taken by the home state against the interstate compact license of a regulated social worker, the regulated social worker's multistate authorization to practice in all other member states shall be deactivated until all encumbrances have been removed from the interstate compact license. All home state disciplinary orders that impose adverse action against the license of a regulated social worker shall include a statement that the regulated social worker's multistate authorization to practice is deactivated in all member states until all conditions of the decision, order or agreement are satisfied. (H) If a member state takes adverse action, it shall promptly notify the administrator of the data system. The administrator of the data system shall promptly notify the home state and all other member states of any adverse actions by remote states. (I) Nothing in this compact shall override a member state's decision that participation in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Social Work Interstate Compact Act.'" SECTION 40-63-580. Social Work Compact Commission (A) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the Social Work Compact Commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and not an instrumentality of any one state. The commission shall come into existence on or after the effective date of the compact as set forth in Section 40-63-620. (B) Membership, voting, and meetings: (1) Each member state shall have and be limited to one delegate selected by that member state's licensing authority. (2) The delegate shall be either: (a) a current member of the state licensing authority at the time of appointment, who is a regulated social worker or public member of the licensing authority; or (b) an administrator of the licensing authority or their designee. (3) The commission shall by rule or bylaws establish a term of office for delegates and may by rule or bylaws establish term limits. (4) The commission may recommend removal or suspension of any delegate from office. (5) A member state's state licensing authority shall fill any vacancy of its delegate occurring on the commission within sixty days of the vacancy. (6) Each delegate shall be entitled to one vote on all matters before the commission requiring a vote by commission delegates. (7) A delegate shall vote in person or by such other means as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for delegates to meet by telecommunication, videoconference or other means of communication. (8) The commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. Additional meetings may be held as set forth in the bylaws. The commission may meet by telecommunication, video conference or other similar electronic means. (C) The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) establish the fiscal year of the commission; (2) establish code of conduct and conflict of interest policies; (3) establish and amend rules and bylaws; (4) maintain its financial records in accordance with the bylaws; (5) meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this compact, the commission's rules and the bylaws; (6) initiate and conclude legal proceedings or actions in the name of the commission, provided that the standing of any state licensing board to sue or be sued under applicable law shall not be affected; (7) maintain and certify records and information provided to a member state as the authenticated business records of the commission and designate an agent to do so on the commission's behalf; (8) purchase and maintain insurance and bonds; (9) borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, employees of a member state; (10) conduct an annual financial review; (11) hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the compact, and establish the commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters; (12) assess and collect fees; (13) accept any and all appropriate gifts, donations, grants of money, other sources of revenue, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose of the same; provided that at all times the commission shall avoid any appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest; (14) lease, purchase, retain, or otherwise to own, hold, improve or use, any property real, personal, or mixed; or any undivided interest therein; (15) sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property real, personal, or mixed; (16) establish a budget and make expenditures; (17) borrow money; (18) appoint committees, including standing committees composed of members, state regulators, state legislators or their representatives, and consumer representatives, and such other interested persons as may be designated in this compact and the bylaws; (19) provide and receive information from, and cooperate with, law enforcement agencies; (20) establish and elect an executive committee, including a chair and vice chair; (21) determine whether a state's adopted language is materially different from the model compact language such that the state would not qualify for participation in the compact; and (22) perform such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact. (D) The executive committee: (1) The executive committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the commission according to the terms of this compact. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the executive committee shall include: (a) oversee the day-to-day activities of the administration of the compact including enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the compact, its rules and bylaws, and other duties as deemed necessary; (b) recommend to the commission changes to the rules or bylaws, changes to this compact legislation, fees charged to compact member states such as fees charged to licensees, and other fees; (c) ensure compact administration services are appropriately provided, including by contract; (d) prepare and recommend the budget; (e) maintain financial records on behalf of the commission; (f) monitor compact compliance of member states and provide compliance reports to the commission; (g) establish additional committees as necessary; (h) exercise the powers and duties of the commission during the interim between commission meetings, except for adopting or amending rules, adopting or amending bylaws, and exercising any other powers and duties expressly reserved to the commission by rules or bylaws; and (i) other duties as provided in the rules or bylaws of the commission. (2) The executive committee shall be composed of up to nine members: (a) the chair and vice chair of the commission shall be voting members of the executive committee; (b) five voting members who are elected by the commission from the current membership of the commission; and (c) up to two ex-officio, nonvoting members from two recognized national social worker organizations. (d) The ex-officio members will be selected by their respective organizations (and which will rotate terms in alphabetical order of the organizations). (3) The commission may remove any member of the executive committee as provided in the commission's bylaws. (4) The executive committee shall meet at least annually. (a) Executive committee meetings shall be open to the public, except that the executive committee may meet in a closed, nonpublic meeting as provided in subsection (F)(2). (b) The executive committee shall give seven days' notice of its meetings, posted on its website and as determined to provide notice to persons with an interest in the business of the commission. (c) The executive committee may hold a special meeting in accordance with subsection (F)(1)(b). (E) The commission shall adopt and provide to the member states an annual report. (F) Meetings of the commission: (1) All meetings shall be open to the public, except that the commission may meet in a closed, nonpublic meeting as provided in subsection (F)(2): (a) public notice for all meetings of the full commission of meetings shall be given in the same manner as required under the rulemaking provisions in Section 40-63-610, except that the commission may hold a special meeting as provided in subsection (F)(1)(b). (b) the commission may hold a special meeting when it must meet to conduct emergency business by giving forty-eight hours' notice to all commissioners, on the commission's website, and other means as provided in the commission's rules. The commission's legal counsel shall certify that the commission's need to meet qualifies as an emergency. (2) The commission or the executive committee or other committees of the commission may convene in a closed, nonpublic meeting for the commission or executive committee or other committees of the commission to receive legal advice or to discuss: (a) noncompliance of a member state with its obligations under the compact; (b) the employment, compensation, discipline or other matters, practices or procedures related to specific employees; (c) current or threatened discipline of a licensee by the commission or by a member state's licensing authority; (d) current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation; (e) negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or sale of goods, services, or real estate; (f) accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person; (g) trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; (h) information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (i) investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes; (j) information related to any investigative reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the commission or other committee charged with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the compact; (k) matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or member state law; or (l) other matters as promulgated by the commission by rule. (3) If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed, the presiding officer shall state that the meeting will be closed and reference each relevant exempting provision, and such reference shall be recorded in the minutes. (4) The commission shall keep minutes that fully and clearly describe all matters discussed in a meeting and shall provide a full and accurate summary of actions taken, and the reasons therefore, including a description of the views expressed. All documents considered in connection with an action shall be identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of a closed meeting shall remain under seal, subject to release only by a majority vote of the commission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (G) Financing of the commission: (1) The commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. (2) The commission may accept any and all appropriate revenue sources, as provided in subsection(C)(12). (3) The commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state and impose fees on licensees of member states to whom it grants an interstate compact license to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover its annual budget as approved each year for which revenue is not provided by other sources. The aggregate annual assessment amount for member states shall be allocated based upon a formula that the commission, shall promulgate by rule. (4) The commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge the credit of any of the member states, except by and with the authority of the member state. (5) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the financial review and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be subject to an annual financial review by a certified or licensed public accountant, and the report of the financial review shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission. (H) Qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification: (1) The members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives of the commission shall be immune from suit and liability, both personally and in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or wilful or wanton misconduct of that person. The procurement of insurance of any type by the commission shall not in any way compromise or limit the immunity granted hereunder. (2) The commission shall defend any member, officer, executive director, employee and representative of the commission in any civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or as determined by the commission that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit that person from retaining their own counsel at their own expense; and provided further, that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from that person's intentional or wilful or wanton misconduct. (3) The commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee, and representative of the commission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained against that person arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person. (4) Nothing herein shall be construed as a limitation on the liability of any licensee for professional malpractice or misconduct, which shall be governed solely by any other applicable state laws. (5) Nothing in this compact shall be interpreted to waive or otherwise abrogate a member state's state action immunity or state action affirmative defense with respect to antitrust claims under the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, or any other state or federal antitrust or anticompetitive law or regulation. (6) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign immunity by the member states or by the commission. Editor's Note 2025 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Social Work Interstate Compact Act.'"
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-57-330 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 57 / Article 3 / Section 40-57-330
SECTION 40-57-330. Broker-in-charge license requirements; active broker or associate must be licensed under broker-in-charge.
Status: in_force

(A) A broker-in-charge license may not be issued to or renewed for an applicant unless the applicant: (1) has an ownership interest in the applicant's company; or (2) is actively engaged in the operation and management of the company. (B) An individual holding an active broker or associate license must be licensed under a broker-in-charge who is licensed by the commission and may not be licensed during the same period with more than one broker-in-charge. When a licensee becomes disassociated with a broker-in-charge, he immediately shall notify the commission by completion of the proper form. The licensee must furnish a new business address to the commission, the authorization of the new broker-in-charge, and proof of notification to the former broker-in-charge. (C) When a designated broker-in-charge becomes disassociated with the office registered with the commission, the broker-in-charge shall notify the commission within five days. The broker-in-charge designation will be removed and the licensee's license will be deactivated. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 204, SECTION 3, in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "associate" for "salesperson"; and added (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-36-510 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 36 / Article 3 / Section 40-36-510
SECTION 40-36-510. Purpose.
Status: in_force

(A) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of occupational therapy with the goal of improving public access to occupational therapy services. The practice of occupational therapy occurs in the state where the patient/client is located at the time of the patient/client encounter. The compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. (B) This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives: (1) increase public access to occupational therapy services by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses; (2) enhance the ability of the states to protect the health and safety of the public; (3) encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multistate occupational therapy practice; (4) support spouses of relocating military members; (5) enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and disciplinary information between member states; (6) allow a remote state to hold a provider of services with a compact privilege in that state accountable to the practice standards of that state; and (7) facilitate the use of telehealth technology in order to increase access to occupational therapy services.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-84-130 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 84 / Section 40-84-130
SECTION 40-84-130. Recognized certification required to provide interpreting services for agency or hospital; exceptions.
Status: in_force

(A) A person only may provide interpreting services for an agency or hospital if he holds a recognized certification as defined in Section 40-84-110(4). (B) The provisions in this section do not apply to a person who is interpreting: (1) in an emergency situation where the parties determine that the delay to obtain a certified interpreter is likely to cause injury or loss; or (2) as part of a supervised internship or mentorship program if the individual is accompanied by an interpreter with recognized certification.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-2-80 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 2 / Article 1 / Section 40-2-80
SECTION 40-2-80. Investigations of complaints or other information suggesting violations; report.
Status: in_force

(A) The department, upon receipt of a complaint or other information suggesting violation of this chapter or of regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall conduct an appropriate investigation to determine whether there is probable cause to institute proceedings. An investigation under this section is not a prerequisite to conducting proceedings if a determination of probable cause can be made without investigation. In aid of investigations, the administrator of the board shall issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify and to produce evidence, as necessary for an appropriate investigation. (B)(1) An investigation of a licensee pursuant to this chapter must be performed by an inspector-investigator who has been licensed as a certified public accountant for at least the previous five years. The inspector-investigator must report the results of his investigation to the board no later than one hundred fifty days after the date upon which he initiated his investigation. If the inspector-investigator has not completed his investigation by that date, then the board may extend the investigation for a period defined by the board. The board may grant subsequent extensions to complete the investigation as needed. The inspector-investigator may designate additional persons of appropriate competency to assist in an investigation. (2) The department shall annually post a report related to the number of complaints received, the number of investigations initiated, the average length of investigations, and the number of investigations that exceeded one hundred fifty days. (C) The results of an investigation must be presented to the board. (D) For the purpose of an investigation under this section, the department may administer oaths and issue subpoenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production and examination of books, papers, and records as necessary for an appropriate investigation and on behalf of the board or, upon request, on behalf of a party to the case. Upon failure to obey a subpoena or to answer questions propounded by the board or its hearing officer or panel, the board may apply to the Administrative Law Court for an order requiring compliance with the subpoena. (E) The testimony and documents submitted in support of the complaint or gathered in the investigation must be treated as confidential information and must not be disclosed to any person except law enforcement authorities and, to the extent necessary in order to conduct the investigation, the subject of the investigation, persons whose complaints are being investigated, and witnesses questioned in the course of the investigation. All proceedings related to the investigations and inquiries during the investigation process undertaken pursuant to this chapter are confidential, unless the licensee or registrant who is the subject of the investigation or inquiry waives the confidentiality of the existence of the complaint. (F) The board may review the publicly available professional work of licensees, and all professional work submitted to the State, on a general and random basis, without any requirement of a formal complaint or suspicion of impropriety. If as a result of a review the board discovers reasonable grounds for a more specific investigation, the board may proceed under subsections (A) through (E). (G) If the department receives information indicating a possible violation of state or federal law, the department may provide that information, to the extent the department considers necessary, to the appropriate state or federal law enforcement agency or regulatory body. (H)(1) In an investigation or disciplinary proceeding concerning a licensee, the department may require a state criminal records check, including fingerprints, performed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, and a national criminal records check, including fingerprints, performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The results of these criminal records checks must be reported to the department. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is authorized to retain the fingerprints for certification purposes and for notification of the department regarding criminal charges. The department shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential, except that information relied upon in an administrative action may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the administrative action. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other provision of law, the dismissal of a prosecution of fraudulent intent in drawing a dishonored check by reason of want of prosecution or proof of payment of restitution and administrative costs must not be used as evidence of performance of a fraudulent act for disciplinary purposes. (3) Costs of conducting a criminal records check are the responsibility of the department and may be recovered as administrative costs associated with an investigation or hearing pursuant to this chapter unless ordered by the department as a cost in a disciplinary proceeding. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 268, SECTION 4, rewrote subsection (B). 2015 Act No. 51, SECTION 6, added (H). 2019 Act No. 68, SECTION 5, in (E), added the second sentence, providing that all proceedings and inquiries related to the investigations are confidential except when the subject of an investigation waives confidentiality of the existence of the complaint. 2022 Act No. 174, SECTION 1, in (A), in the third sentence, substituted "shall issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify and to produce evidence, as necessary for an appropriate investigation" for "may issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify or to produce evidence, or both"; made a nonsubstantive change in (B)(1); and in (D), in the first sentence, inserted "as necessary for an appropriate investigation and" following "and records". 2025 Act No. 34, SECTION 12, in (B)(1), in the first sentence, substituted "for at least the previous" for "in this State for at least"; and in (B)(2), made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-18-130 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 18 / Section 40-18-130
SECTION 40-18-130. Denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew license or registration; grounds; appeals; civil penalties.
Status: in_force

(A) SLED may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or registration under this chapter upon finding that the applicant, licensee, or registered individual has: (1) made a false statement or given false information in connection with an application for or renewal or reinstatement of a license or registration; (2) made a false statement or given false information in connection with activities conducted pursuant to a license or registration issued under this chapter; (3) violated any provision of this chapter; (4) violated a regulation promulgated by SLED; (5) violated a permit restriction; (6) failed to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in the prosecution of a person arrested by a security officer on property where the security officer was working; (7) been convicted of or plead guilty to a crime since becoming licensed or registered, or been charged with a crime which would, upon conviction, disqualify the person for licensing or registration; (8) impersonated, permitted, or aided and abetted a person to impersonate a law enforcement officer or employee of the United States, this State or its political subdivision, or a municipal corporation since becoming licensed or registered; (9) engaged in or permitted an employee to engage in the private investigation business or private security business in violation of the provisions of this chapter; (10) willfully failed to render a client service as described in a written contract; (11) knowingly violated or advised, encouraged, or assisted the violation of a court order or injunction in the course of business; (12) committed an act which is a ground for denial of an application for license or registration under this chapter; (13) given legal advice or falsely represented himself as an attorney or the agent of an attorney; (14) issued, delivered, or uttered a simulation of process which might have led a person to believe that the simulation was a summons, warrant, writ, court process, or a pleading in a court proceeding; (15) willfully obstructed an official investigation by a law enforcement officer; or (16) harassed or threatened a client or witness to prevent him from providing evidence in a legal proceeding or investigation. (B) For violations of this chapter or any regulation pertaining to this chapter, SLED may, in its discretion, impose a civil monetary penalty upon the holder of a license or registration certificate in lieu of suspension or revocation. Security company and private investigator company licensees are subject to a monetary penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense. Registered security officers and registered private investigators are subject to a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. SLED may, in its discretion, accept an offer in compromise or suspend payment of a fine or a monetary penalty imposed under this section. (C) The decision to deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license or registration must be in writing, signed by the Chief of SLED or his designee, and must state the grounds upon which the decision is based. The licensee or registered individual may, within thirty days after receipt of the decision, appeal the decision to the Administrative Law Court. (D) If a monetary penalty imposed pursuant to this section is not paid or a hearing is not requested within thirty days of receipt of SLED's decision, SLED must revoke the license or registration certificate. (E) A person must promptly surrender a license or registration certificate suspended or revoked under the provisions of this chapter. (F) Pending suspension or revocation, no partner or person with a financial interest in the business may be issued a license for the business. No partner or person with a financial interest may be issued a license for the business for a period of one year after the date of suspension or revocation. (G) A person whose license or registration certificate has been suspended or revoked is not eligible to receive a new license or registration for another location or business during the period of suspension or revocation. (H) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, penalties paid pursuant to this section must be retained, expended, and carried forward by SLED to be applied to costs associated with regulation of the private security and private investigator businesses in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-13-150 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 13 / Section 40-13-150
SECTION 40-13-150. Voluntary surrender of license by licensee under investigation.
Status: in_force

A licensee under investigation for a violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter may voluntarily surrender the license in accordance with Section 40-1-150.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-33-1325 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Article 15 / Section 40-33-1325
SECTION 40-33-1325. Additional authorities invested in party state licensing boards.
Status: in_force

(A) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a licensing board has the authority to: (1) Take adverse action against a nurse's multistate licensure privilege to practice within that party state, provided: (a) only the home state has the power to take adverse action against a nurse's license issued by the home state; and (b) for purposes of taking adverse action, the home state licensing board shall give the same priority and effect to reported conduct received from a remote state as it would if such conduct had occurred within the home state, and in so doing, the home state shall apply its own state laws to determine appropriate action. (2) Issue cease and desist orders or impose an encumbrance on a nurse's authority to practice within that party state. (3) Complete any pending investigations of a nurse who changes primary state of residence during the course of such investigations. The licensing board also has the authority to take appropriate action and shall promptly report the conclusions of such investigations to the administrator of the coordinated licensure information system. The administrator of the coordinated licensure information system shall promptly notify the new home state of any such actions. (4) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and investigations that require the attendance and testimony of witnesses, as well as the production of evidence. Subpoenas issued by a licensing board in a party state for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of evidence from another party state must be enforced in the latter state by any court of competent jurisdiction, according to the practice and procedure of that court applicable to subpoenas issued in proceedings pending before it. The issuing authority shall pay any witness fees, travel expenses, mileage, and other fees required by the service statutes of the state in which the witnesses or evidence are located. (5) Obtain and submit, for each nurse licensure applicant, fingerprint or other biometric-based information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal background checks, receive the results of the Federal Bureau of Investigation record search on criminal background checks, and use the results in making licensure decisions. (6) If otherwise permitted by state law, recover from the affected nurse the costs of investigations and disposition of cases resulting from any adverse action taken against that nurse. (7) Take adverse action based on the factual findings of the remote state, provided that the licensing board follows its own procedures for taking such adverse action. (B) If adverse action is taken by the home state against a nurse's multistate license, the nurse's multistate licensure privilege to practice in all other party states must be deactivated until all encumbrances have been removed from the multistate license. All home state disciplinary orders that impose adverse action against a nurse's multistate license must include a statement that the nurse's multistate licensure privilege is deactivated in all party states during the pendency of the order. (C) Nothing in this compact may override a party state's decision that participation in an alternative program may be used in lieu of adverse action. The home state licensing board shall deactivate the multistate licensure privilege under the multistate license of any nurse for the duration of the nurse's participation in an alternative program. Editor's Note 2005 Act No. 87, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to nursing licenses applied for after September 30, 2006." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, rewrote the section to reflect changes mandated for membership in the Nurse Licensure Compact. Former section was titled Adverse actions affecting license; reporting to coordinated licensure information system.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-8-40 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 8 / Section 40-8-40
SECTION 40-8-40. Licensure requirements, "Perpetual Care" and "No Perpetual Care" designations.
Status: in_force

No entity may engage in the business of operating a perpetual care cemetery company, except as authorized by this chapter, without first obtaining a license from the board. A license issued under this chapter is not transferable or assignable and a licensee may not develop or operate a perpetual care cemetery authorized by this chapter under a name or a location other than that contained in the license. No entity may hold itself out to be a perpetual care cemetery without an authorization to operate as such by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board. Those cemeteries which furnish perpetual care to some portions and no perpetual care to other portions shall identify the appropriate sections of the cemetery at application and shall designate each section by a sign on the premises. Portions designated "Perpetual Care" may not be changed to "No Perpetual Care" once the designation is made.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-33-1305 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 33 / Article 15 / Section 40-33-1305
SECTION 40-33-1305. Findings; purposes.
Status: in_force

(A) The party states find that: (1) the health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of compliance with and the effectiveness of enforcement activities related to state nurse licensure laws; (2) violations of nurse licensure and other laws regulating the practice of nursing may result in injury or harm to the public; (3) the expanded mobility of nurses and the use of advanced communication technologies as part of our nation's health care delivery system require greater coordination and cooperation among states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation; (4) new practice modalities and technology make compliance with individual state nurse licensure laws difficult and complex; (5) the current system of duplicative licensure for nurses practicing in multiple states is cumbersome and redundant for both nurses and states; and (6) uniformity of nurse licensure requirements throughout the states promotes public safety and public health benefits. (B) The general purposes of this compact are to: (1) facilitate the states' responsibility to protect the public's health and safety; (2) ensure and encourage the cooperation of party states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation; (3) facilitate the exchange of information between party states in the areas of nurse regulation, investigation, and adverse actions; (4) promote compliance with the laws governing the practice of nursing in each jurisdiction; (5) invest all party states with the authority to hold a nurse accountable for meeting all state practice laws in the state in which the patient is located at the time care is rendered through the mutual recognition of party state licenses; (6) decrease redundancies in the consideration and issuance of nurse licenses; and (7) provide opportunities for interstate practice by nurses who meet uniform licensure requirements. Editor's Note 2005 Act No. 87, SECTION 7, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to nursing licenses applied for after September 30, 2006." Effect of Amendment 2017 Act No. 41, SECTION 1, rewrote the section to reflect changes mandated for membership in the Nurse Licensure Compact.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-38-120 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 38 / Section 40-38-120
SECTION 40-38-120. Disciplinary actions permitted by board; procedures.
Status: in_force

In addition to the sanctions the board may take against a person pursuant to Section 40-38-110, the board may take disciplinary action against a person as provided for in Section 40-1-120. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-38-230.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-10-110 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 10 / Section 40-10-110
SECTION 40-10-110. Offenses warranting disciplinary actions; civil penalties; revocation or cancellation of license; work in progress.
Status: in_force

(A) The board may impose any disciplinary action authorized by this chapter, Chapter 1, or any regulation promulgated under these chapters upon a licensee or qualifying party who is found guilty of any of the following: (1) engaging in the fire sprinkler business without a primary qualifying party; (2) failing or refusing to render service to a client as agreed between the parties and for which compensation has been paid or rendered in accordance with the agreement of the parties; (3) failing to maintain the required certificate of comprehensive general liability insurance; (4) obtaining a license or certificate by fraud or deceit or failing to disclose proper information on the license application, renewal, or qualifying party certificate application or renewal; (5) performing substandard work or engaging in negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice as a fire sprinkler contractor; (6) abandoning a project or refusing to perform a project after submitting a contract on work without legal excuse for the abandonment or refusal; (7) violating any provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter; (8) being convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state, district, or territory of the United States, or of a foreign country of the offense of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, theft, extortion, or conspiracy to defraud or other like offense related to fire sprinkler system work; (9) being convicted of a felony or pleading nolo contendere to any such offense; as used in this chapter, "felony" including any offense which, if committed in this State, would be deemed a felony, without regard to its designation elsewhere; (10) aiding or abetting an entity or certificate holder to evade the provisions of this chapter by combining or conspiring with an improperly registered or licensed entity or certificate holder or allowing one's license to be used by any entity to evade the requirements of this chapter or, acting as agent, partner, or associate, of an unregistered or unlicensed entity or obtaining a building permit or permit application in the registrant's, qualifying party's, or licensee's name and listing the registrant, qualifying party, or licensee as the entity or individual that will engage or supervise any contracting work or activity when the registrant or licensee does not have a proper contract with the property owner or does not have a proper registration, license, or certificate to engage in the work or activity or performing work for an entity that is not properly licensed; (11) failing to pay monies when due in excess of two hundred dollars for material or services rendered in connection with fire sprinkler system work without legal excuse or valid reason; (12) hiring an entity to perform work that is not properly licensed; (13) engaging or offering to engage in fire sprinkler system work or submitting a bid when not properly licensed or while a license is under suspension or revocation; (14) discovering facts which if known at the time of the issuance or renewal of a license or certification would have been grounds to deny the issuance or renewal of the license or certification; (15) failing to obtain a building permit if required by a local or state government before engaging in fire sprinkler system work; (16) failing to take appropriate corrective action as directed by the department, hearing officer, or board to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated under this chapter without valid justification within a reasonable period of time after receiving the written directive; (17) failing to comply with an order of the board; (18) failing to provide pertinent records and documents as requested by the department or board; (19) failing to comply with a directive of the department or hearing officer; (20) failing to meet the requirements for a renewal application; (21) failing to work in accordance with plans, industry specifications, local or state building codes, or ordinances; (22) failing to notify the department or board of the end of employment of the licensee's qualifying party within the applicable time; (23) failing to obtain a substitute or a primary qualifying party as provided by this chapter; (24) attempting to serve in the capacity of the primary qualifying party while serving a jail sentence; (25) failing to notify the department of changes in information required in an original or renewal application; (26) committing a wrongful or fraudulent act as a contractor, including the failure to pay subcontractors or suppliers after drawing payment for work or materials performed or provided by those subcontractors or suppliers; (27) departing from an applicable building code or ordinance within the State or any of its political subdivisions; (28) failing to maintain a business address accessible to the public; (29) failing to properly prepare shop drawings; (30) failing to submit shop drawings or fire sprinkler system specification sheets as required under this chapter; (31) failing to properly test, size, or hydraulically calculate a fire sprinkler system; (32) failing to have each branch office properly licensed; (33) failing to have a primary qualifying party assigned to the licensee's main office or each branch office; (34) failing to properly notify the proper authority having jurisdiction to inspect work. (B) Disciplinary action may be taken against an entity or individual who the board determines to be responsible for violations of this chapter regardless of changes in corporate identity or federal employer identification subsequent to the violation. In determining responsibility, the board may consider, but is not limited to, an individual's: (1) participation in management or supervision related to the violation; (2) position as sole proprietor, partner, officer, or qualifying party. (C) The board may, in addition to all other disciplinary actions, require a licensee, certificate holder, or other entity or individual to pay a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars for each violation of this chapter or of a regulation promulgated under this chapter and may order an unlicensed contractor to cease and desist from violating a provision of this chapter. (D) All costs, penalties, and fines imposed pursuant to this chapter must be paid in accordance with and are subject to the collection and enforcement provisions of Chapter 1 and of Chapter 56, Title 12, the "Setoff Debt Collection Act". (E) A license or certificate that is canceled by the department or revoked by the board must be returned to the department within fifteen days of notification by the department. (F) A person whose license or certificate has been revoked is eligible for licensure no sooner than one year after the date of revocation or such other time, if ever, as ordered by the board. An applicant seeking licensure or certification after having his license or certificate revoked shall complete an application for initial licensure, meet all requirements for initial licensure or certification, and appear before the board in support of the application. (G) The licensee may complete work in progress if the licensee's license is revoked or suspended in accordance with the following: (1) no new work may be bid or started after revocation or suspension of a license upon proper notification by the department; (2) unless otherwise directed by the board, the revocation, suspension, or restriction of a license or certificate becomes effective following the delivery to the licensee or qualifying party of a written decision of the board. Service of a petition for a review of the decision does not stay the board's decision pending completion of the appellate process in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act. (H) When a licensed contractor entity is dissolved for any reason, the department must cancel the entity's license. (I) The board may revoke, suspend, or restrict an individual license or certification without effect to other licenses, license classifications, or certifications. (J) It is a violation of this chapter for an entity to conduct work, submit a bid, or offer for any regulated fire sprinkler system work within this State on a project that requires licensure under this chapter if the entity is not properly licensed in accordance with this chapter. (K) If more than one violation is committed during the course of a single project, these multiple violations must be treated as one offense.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-69-215 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69 / Article 1 / Section 40-69-215
SECTION 40-69-215. Exception as to "floating" teeth in equine; administration of anesthesia.
Status: in_force

The board shall not issue a cease and desist notice to an individual who has been hired solely for the act of "floating" teeth in an equine. If that animal requires sedation or anesthesia, a licensed professional holding a Drug Enforcement Administration and South Carolina drug license must administer the controlled substance in accordance with state and federal law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-7-340 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 7 / Section 40-7-340
SECTION 40-7-340. Special certificates for inmates in custody of State Department of Corrections.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board may issue special certificates of registration as an apprentice barber to an inmate in the custody of the State Department of Corrections who: (1) complies with Section 40-7-230(B), having completed the required number of hours in a barber school or college approved by the board; and (2) has been sentenced: (a) under the Youthful Offender Act and has served at least nine months of the sentence; or (b) to a determinant sentence and is eligible for release or parole consideration within one hundred twenty days. (B) These certificates are valid for one hundred twenty days and may be renewed at the discretion of the board. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1962 Code SECTION 56-273.1; 1971 (57) 527; 1976 Code SECTION 40-7-250.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-55-410 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 55 / Article 3 / Section 40-55-410
SECTION 40-55-410. Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

(A) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Rules and amendments shall become binding as of the date specified in each rule or amendment. (B) If a majority of the legislatures of the compact states rejects a rule, by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the compact, then such rule shall have no further force and effect in any compact state. (C) Rules or amendments to the rules shall be adopted at a regular or special meeting of the commission. (D) Prior to promulgation and adoption of a final rule or rules by the commission, and at least sixty days in advance of the meeting at which the rule will be considered and voted upon, the commission shall file a notice of proposed rulemaking: (1) on the website of the commission; and (2) on the website of each compact states' psychology regulatory authority or the publication in which each state would otherwise publish proposed rules. (E) The notice of proposed rulemaking shall include: (1) the proposed time, date, and location of the meeting in which the rule will be considered and voted upon; (2) the text of the proposed rule or amendment and the reason for the proposed rule; (3) a request for comments on the proposed rule from any interested person; and (4) the manner in which interested persons may submit notice to the commission of their intention to attend the public hearing and any written comments. (F) Prior to adoption of a proposed rule, the commission shall allow persons to submit written data, facts, opinions, and arguments, which shall be made available to the public. (G) The commission shall grant an opportunity for a public hearing before it adopts a rule or amendment if a hearing is requested by: (1) at least twenty-five persons who submit comments independently of each other; (2) a governmental subdivision or agency; or (3) a duly appointed person in an association that has at least twenty-five members. (H)(1) If a hearing is held on the proposed rule or amendment, the commission shall publish the place, time, and date of the scheduled public hearing. (2) All persons wishing to be heard at the hearing shall notify the executive director of the commission or other designated member in writing of their desire to appear and testify at the hearing not less than five business days before the scheduled date of the hearing. (3) Hearings shall be conducted in a manner providing each person who wishes to comment a fair and reasonable opportunity to comment orally or in writing. (4) No transcript of the hearing is required, unless a written request for a transcript is made, in which case the person requesting the transcript shall bear the cost of producing the transcript. A recording may be made in lieu of a transcript under the same terms and conditions as a transcript. This subsection shall not preclude the commission from making a transcript or recording of the hearing if it so chooses. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring a separate hearing on each rule. Rules may be grouped for the convenience of the commission at hearings required by this section. (I) Following the scheduled hearing date, or by the close of business on the scheduled hearing date if the hearing was not held, the commission shall consider all written and oral comments received. (J) The commission shall, by majority vote of all members, take final action on the proposed rule and shall determine the effective date of the rule, if any, based on the rulemaking record and the full text of the rule. (K) If no written notice of intent to attend the public hearing by interested parties is received, the commission may proceed with promulgation of the proposed rule without a public hearing. (L) Upon determination that an emergency exists, the commission may consider and adopt an emergency rule without prior notice, opportunity for comment, or hearing, provided that the usual rulemaking procedures provided in the compact and in this section shall be retroactively applied to the rule as soon as reasonably possible, in no event later than ninety days after the effective date of the rule. For the purposes of this provision, an emergency rule is one that must be adopted immediately in order to: (1) meet an imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare; (2) prevent a loss of commission or compact state funds; (3) meet a deadline for the promulgation of an administrative rule that is established by federal law or rule; or (4) protect public health and safety. (M) The commission or an authorized committee of the commission may direct revisions to a previously adopted rule or amendment for purposes of correcting typographical errors, errors in format, errors in consistency, or grammatical errors. Public notice of any revisions shall be posted on the website of the commission. The revision shall be subject to challenge by any person for a period of thirty days after posting. The revision may be challenged only on grounds that the revision results in a material change to a rule. A challenge shall be made in writing, and delivered to the chair of the commission prior to the end of the notice period. If no challenge is made, the revision will take effect without further action. If the revision is challenged, the revision may not take effect without the approval of the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-49-250 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 49 / Article 3 / Section 40-49-250
SECTION 40-49-250. Amendment or repeal of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The governing body adopting any such rules and regulations may at any time amend or repeal any thereof after due notice and hearing as in the case of their original adoption.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-75-30 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Article 1 / Section 40-75-30
SECTION 40-75-30. Licensure requirement.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful for a person to practice as a professional counselor, a marriage and family therapist, or an addiction counselor in this State without being licensed in accordance with this article. A professional counselor associate may practice only under the direct supervision of a licensed professional counselor supervisor. A marriage and family therapy associate may practice only under the direct supervision of a licensed marriage and family therapist supervisor, as approved by the board. An addiction counselor associate only may work under a licensed addiction counselor supervisor or other approved board-licensed clinician as provided in regulation. (B) A person is guilty of practicing without a license if the person represents himself or herself to be a marriage and family therapist by the use of any title or description of services which incorporates the words "licensed marital and family therapist", "licensed marriage and family therapist", "marital and family therapist", "marriage and family therapist", or "marriage and family counselor" to describe a function or service performed without being licensed by the board. However, members of other professions licensed in this State including, but not limited to, attorneys, physicians, psychologists, registered nurses, or social workers performing duties consistent with the laws of this State, their training, and any code of ethics of their profession are not considered to be practicing without a license if they do not represent themselves as being licensed pursuant to this article. (C) A person is guilty of practicing without a license if the person represents himself or herself to be a professional counselor by the use of any title or description of services which incorporates the words "licensed professional counselor", "professional counselor", or "licensed counselor" without being licensed by the board. However, members of other professions licensed in this State including, but not limited to, attorneys, physicians, psychologists, registered nurses, or social workers performing duties consistent with the laws of this State, their training, and any code of ethics of their professions are not considered to be practicing without a license if they do not represent themselves as being licensed pursuant to this article. (D) A person is guilty of practicing without a license if the person represents himself to be an addiction counselor by the use of any title or description of services which incorporates the words "licensed addiction counselor" or "addiction counselor" without being licensed by the board. However, members of other professions licensed in this State including, but not limited to, attorneys, physicians, psychologists, registered nurses, or social workers performing duties consistent with the laws of this State, their training, and any code of ethics of their professions are not considered to be practicing without a license if they do not represent themselves as being licensed pursuant to this article. (E) A licensed professional counselor, a licensed marital and family therapist, or a licensed addiction counselor may not use the title of "psycho-therapist". Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 249, SECTION 5, in (A), in the first sentence, substituted ", or an addition counselor" for "as defined within this article", in the second and third sentences, substituted "associate" for "intern", and added the fourth sentence; rewrote (D); in (E), inserted ", or a licensed addiction counselor"; and made nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-43-72 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 43 / Section 40-43-72
SECTION 40-43-72. Narcotic treatment programs.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Narcotic treatment program" or "NTP" means a program licensed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control that dispenses and administers methadone or other narcotic treatment medications. (2) "NTP permit" means a permit issued by the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy that governs dispensing and administration of medications in an NTP. (3) "NTP satellite permit" means a permit issued by the South Carolina Board of Pharmacy that governs dispensing and administration of medication in a mobile component or satellite medication unit operated by a licensed NTP. (4) "Pharmacist" means an individual licensed as a pharmacist pursuant to Chapter 43. (5) "Practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse licensed in South Carolina and registered under South Carolina and federal law to prescribe, dispense, and administer opioid drugs. (6) "Practitioner agent" means a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse supervised by and under the order of a practitioner. (7) "Stat box" means an additional drug box that contains stock doses of medications prepared by a pharmacist prior to receipt of a patient-specific order from a practitioner. (B) An NTP shall apply for and must be issued an NTP permit before methadone or other narcotic treatment medications may be administered, dispensed, or delivered at that NTP. (C) An NTP with an NTP permit shall: (1) retain a pharmacist-in-charge who, along with the NTP permit holder, shall sign a new or renewal application for an NTP permit. The pharmacist-in-charge must agree in writing to assume the responsibilities of pharmacist-in-charge of the NTP. The NTP permit holder and pharmacist-in-charge shall notify the Board of Pharmacy in writing within ten days of a change of the NTP's pharmacist-in-charge. A designation of an individual as a pharmacist-in-charge or delegation of duties to a pharmacist-in-charge by a holder of an NTP permit does not relieve the permit holder of the NTP permit holder's duties under federal laws or regulations; (2) be inspected annually by the Board of Pharmacy; and (3) comply with the security control requirements of 21 C.F.R. Chapter II. (D)(1)(a) A pharmacist must be physically present at the NTP to dispense drugs for administration and to dispense and label drugs for delivery to patients for at-home use. (b) A pharmacist is not required to be physically present at the NTP when drugs are administered or delivered to patients for at-home use, provided that the pharmacist-in-charge must be onsite a sufficient amount of time necessary to perform all duties, including those set forth in Section 40-43-86(B)(3). Regulations or guidance of the Board of Pharmacy establishing specific percentages of time or hours during which a pharmacist-in-charge must be physically present at a pharmacy do not apply to the pharmacist-in-charge of an NTP. (c) The pharmacist-in-charge of an NTP may not be the pharmacist-in-charge for more than two NTP permit holders, which does not include NTP satellite permits. (2)(a) A practitioner agent may administer and deliver doses of narcotic drugs which have been previously prepared, checked, and labeled with a patient-specific label by a pharmacist. (b) If a practitioner-ordered dose change is needed immediately, and a pharmacist is not physically present at the NTP, a stat box with properly labeled stock doses may be used to provide immediate service to a patient. (c) A practitioner agent performing administration and delivery of medications in an NTP is not required to register as a pharmacy technician. (3) The provisions of Section 40-43-86(A)(12) shall be waived in the NTP to allow practitioners and practitioner agents access to an NTP pharmacy at a time when a pharmacist is not on duty for the purpose of obtaining drugs from the NTP pharmacy's medication safe for administration and retrieving pharmacist-verified take-home doses of narcotics for delivery. The bulk inventory must be secured against access and alteration when the pharmacist is not present. (4) A pharmacist is in compliance with the requirement of patient counseling in Section 40-43-86(L)(1) by ensuring that written directions for use and other information relating to proper utilization of the medication prescribed are included with each new order of medication delivered by the opioid treatment program. The written information must include a telephone number at which the pharmacist may be contacted by patients. (5) An NTP satellite permit holder is exempt from the requirements of subsections (D)(1) and (D)(2) and may: (a) facilitate the administration and delivery of take-home doses of narcotic drugs without the presence of a pharmacist so long as the doses are prepared in advance by a pharmacist; and (b) utilize a stat box.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-11-130 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 40-11-130
SECTION 40-11-130. Denial of license or certificate.
Status: in_force

(A) The department may refuse to issue a license or certificate to an applicant who: (1) has failed to meet the minimum qualifications required by this chapter or regulations promulgated under this chapter; (2) has had a license or certificate denied, suspended, revoked, or otherwise been disciplined; (3) has engaged in contracting without a valid license as required under this chapter; (4) has submitted a bid without a valid license when one is required by law; (5) has committed an act which would be grounds for disciplinary action under this chapter; (6) has submitted false or misleading information; (7) has engaged in conduct which demonstrates bad faith, dishonesty, untrustworthiness, or incompetence in business or the profession; (8) has aided or abetted an entity in the violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter; (9) has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state, district, or territory of the United States, or of a foreign country of the offense of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, theft, extortion, or conspiracy to defraud or other like offense, has been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, or pled nolo contendere to any such offense; (10) has an outstanding monetary judgment related to construction. (B) A license or certificate may be denied to an applicant: (1) for a minimum of one year after the date of revocation of a similar professional license or certificate issued by this State or any other state or jurisdiction; (2) who is presently under suspension by a professional licensing entity in this or any other state or jurisdiction; (3) who has unresolved complaints or charges pending against him before this or any other professional licensing board in this or any other state.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-1-100 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 40-1-100
SECTION 40-1-100. Equitable relief; immunity.
Status: in_force

(A) When the board has reason to believe that a person is violating or intends to violate a provision of this article or a regulation promulgated under this article, in addition to all other remedies, it may order the person immediately to cease and desist from engaging in the conduct. If the person is practicing a profession or occupation without being licensed under this article, is violating a board order, a provision of this article, or a regulation promulgated under this article, the board also may apply, in accordance with the rules of the Administrative Law Court, to an administrative law judge for a temporary restraining order. No board member or the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or another employee of the department may be held liable for damages resulting from a wrongful temporary restraining order. (B) The board may seek from an administrative law judge other equitable relief to enjoin the violation or intended violation of this article or a regulation promulgated under this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-69-60 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69 / Article 1 / Section 40-69-60
SECTION 40-69-60. Rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing its proceedings and internal operations, and may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-6-50 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 6 / Section 40-6-50
SECTION 40-6-50. Administrative support; authority vested in commission; license fees.
Status: in_force

(A) The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation shall provide all administrative, fiscal, investigative, inspectional, clerical, secretarial, and license renewal operations and activities of the commission in accordance with Section 40-1-50. (B) The commission is the sole licensing authority for all licenses issued pursuant to this chapter and has the authority to discipline licensees. (C) A person licensed as an auctioneer shall pay an annual license fee to the commission. Funds derived under this chapter must be paid to the State Treasurer who shall keep them in the manner provided for other agencies and commissions of the State. The commission shall establish license and examination fees by regulation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-56-20 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 56 / Section 40-56-20
SECTION 40-56-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "APA" means the American Pyrotechnics Association. (2) "Board" means the State Board of Pyrotechnic Safety. (3) "Consumer fireworks" means any small firework device designed to produce visible effects by combustion and which must comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, as set forth in Title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1500 and 1507 and APA Standard 87-1. Some small devices designed to produce audible effects are consumer fireworks, including, but not limited to, whistling devices, ground devices containing 50 mg or less of explosive materials, and aerial devices containing 130 mg or less of explosive materials. Consumer fireworks are classified as fireworks UN0336, and UN0337 by the U.S. Department of Transportation at 49 C.F.R. 172.101. This term does not include fused setpieces containing components which together exceed 50 mg of salute powder. Consumer fireworks are further defined as those classified by the U.S. Department of Transportation hazard classification 1.4G. These fireworks were formerly known as "Class C Fireworks". (4) "CPSC" means the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. (5) "Department" means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. (6) "Display fireworks" means large fireworks designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. This term includes, but is not limited to, salutes containing more than 2 grains (130 mg) of explosive materials, aerial shells containing more than 40 grams of pyrotechnic compositions, and other display pieces which exceed the limits of explosive materials for classification as "consumer fireworks". Display fireworks are classified as fireworks UN0333, UN0334, or UN0335 by the U.S. Department of Transportation at 49 C.F. R. 172.101. This term also includes fused setpieces containing components which together exceed 50 mg of salute powder. Display fireworks are further defined as those classified by the U.S. Department of Transportation as hazard classification 1.3G. These fireworks were formerly known as "Class B Fireworks". (7) "DOT" means the U.S. Department of Transportation. (8) "Fireworks" means any composition or device designed to produce a visible or an audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation, and which meets the definition of "consumer fireworks" or "display fireworks" as defined by this section. (9) "Licensee" means a person, firm, or entity that has been issued a license by the board under the provisions of this chapter to manufacture, sell, or store fireworks. (10) "NFPA" means National Fire Protection Association. (11) "Pyrotechnics" means any composition or device designed to produce visible or audible effects for entertainment purposes by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. (12) "Small bottle rocket" is a consumer firework with a motor less than one-half inch in diameter and three inches in length, a stabilizing stick less than fifteen inches in length, and a total pyrotechnic composition not exceeding 20 grams in weight.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-22-270 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 22 / Section 40-22-270
SECTION 40-22-270. Individual seals; stamping on plans and specifications.
Status: in_force

Each licensee and each firm practicing under a certificate of authorization shall obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board and must comply with the following: (1) Individual seals must be under the personal custody and control of the licensee and bear the licensee's name, registration license number, and the legend "Professional Engineer" or "Professional Surveyor" except for licenses issued before July 1, 2001, which may have the legend "Registered Professional Engineer" or "Registered Land Surveyor". The seal also shall bear evidence of the license category for professional engineers and the tier designation for professional surveyors. (2) Seals for firms practicing under a certificate of authorization must bear the firm's name and authorization number. (3) Plans, specifications, plats, and reports prepared by a licensee or prepared under the licensee's direct supervision must be stamped with seals when filed with public authorities during the life of the licensee's certificate. (4) Plans and specifications prepared by a licensee or prepared under the licensee's direct supervision must be stamped with seals when issued for use as job site record documents at construction projects within this State. (5) It is unlawful to seal documents with a seal after the certificate of the licensee or the certificate of authorization in the case of firms named on the seal has expired or has been revoked or suspended unless the certificate has been renewed, reissued, or reinstated. (6) Where individual seals are affixed to plans, specifications, plats, and reports, the licensee shall affix his signature and date under or across the face and beyond the circumference of the seal. The signature and date must not be applied in a manner that obliterates or renders illegible the licensee's license number or name. (7) The clerk of court or the register of deeds for any county shall refuse to accept for filing or recording a map, plat, survey, or other document within the definition of surveying, dated after July 1, 1977, which does not have affixed to it the personal signature and prescribed impression seal of a professional surveyor. No charge may be made by a professional surveyor for the application of his impression seal. (8) The building official, or other designated authority charged with the responsibility of issuing building or similar permits, shall refuse to issue a permit for any undertaking, the plans and specifications for which would require the seal of a professional engineer, unless the permit applicant has furnished satisfactory evidence that the documents were prepared by an engineer licensed as required by this chapter or that the documents are exempt from the requirements of this chapter. The building official, or designated authority charged with the responsibility of issuing building or similar permits, shall report to the board the name and address of a person who has or is suspected to have violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter relating to the unlicensed practice of engineering. (9) The seal and signature of a licensee certifies that the document was prepared by the licensee or his agent. For prototypical documents, the seal and signature of a licensee indicates that he has sufficiently reviewed the document and is able to fully coordinate and assume responsibility for application of the plans. Editor's Note Prior Laws: 1991 Act No. 99, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-22-370. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 259, SECTION 14, added (9), relating to the significance of licensee seals and signatures on various documents.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-60-20 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Article 1 / Section 40-60-20
SECTION 40-60-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Analysis" means a study of real estate or real property other than one estimating value. (2) "Appraisal", as a noun, means the act or process of developing an opinion of value; as an adjective, "appraisal" means of or pertaining to appraising and related functions including, but not limited to, appraisal practice and appraisal services. (3) "Appraisal assignment" or "valuation assignment" means an engagement for which an appraiser is employed or retained to act, or would be perceived by third parties or the public as acting, as a disinterested third party in rendering an unbiased analysis, opinion, or conclusion that estimates the value of real estate. (4) "Appraisal Foundation" means the Appraisal Foundation established on November 30, 1987, as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of Illinois, containing the Appraisal Standards Board (ASB), Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB), a board of trustees, and other advisory bodies. (5) "Appraisal report" means any communication, written or oral, of an appraisal or appraisal review. The testimony of an individual dealing with the analyses, conclusions, or opinions concerning identified real estate or real property is considered to be an oral appraisal report. (6) "Appraisal subcommittee" means the designees of the heads of the federal financial institutions regulatory agencies established by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. Section 3301, et seq.), as amended, as well as the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or the secretary's designee, under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. Section 1708(g)). (7) "Appraiser" means a person who holds a license or certification issued by the board to perform valuation services competently and in a manner that is independent, impartial, and objective, and in accordance with all applicable laws. (8) "Apprentice appraiser" means an individual who holds a credential issued by the board to assist a state-certified appraiser in the performance of an appraisal if the apprentice is actively supervised by the certified appraiser. (9) "Board" means the South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (10) "Complex residential property appraisal" means one in which the property to be appraised, the form of ownership, or market conditions are atypical. (11) "Federally related transaction" means any real estate-related financial transaction which a federal financial institution regulatory agency engages in, contracts for, or regulates and which requires the services of an appraiser. (12) "Mass appraisal" means the process of valuing a universe of properties as of a given date using standard methodology, employing common data, and allowing for statistical testing. (13) "Mass appraiser" means any appraiser who is employed in the office of a tax assessor to appraise real property for ad valorem tax purposes and who is licensed or certified as a mass appraiser. (14) "Noncomplex residential property appraisal" means one in which the property to be appraised, the form of ownership, and market conditions are those which are typically found in the subject market. (15) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association, foreign and domestic. (16) "Price" means the amount asked, offered, or paid for a property. (17) "Real estate" means an identified parcel or tract of land including improvements, if any. (18) "Real estate appraisal activity" means the act or process of performing an appraisal and preparing an appraisal report. (19) "Real property" means the interests, benefits, and rights inherent in the ownership of real estate. (20) "Residential appraisal" is an appraisal of a vacant or improved parcel of land that is devoted to or available for use as a one-to-four family abode including, but not limited to, a single-family home, apartment, or rooming house. (21) "Standards of professional appraisal practice" or "USPAP" means the National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation and adopted by the board. (22) "State-certified general appraiser" means an appraiser authorized to engage in the appraisal of all types of real property. (23) "State-certified general mass appraiser" means an appraiser authorized to engage in all types of real estate mass appraisal activity for ad valorem purposes. (24) "State-certified residential appraiser" means an appraiser authorized to engage in the appraisal of one to four residential units without regard to transaction value or complexity and nonresidential appraisals with a transaction value less than five hundred thousand dollars. (25) "State-certified residential mass appraiser" means an appraiser authorized to engage in the mass appraisal of one to four residential units without regard to value or complexity and nonresidential appraisals with a transaction value less than five hundred thousand dollars. (26) "State-licensed appraiser" means an appraiser authorized to engage in the appraisal of noncomplex one to four residential units having a transaction value less than one million dollars and complex one to four residential units and nonresidential appraisals having a transaction value less than five hundred thousand dollars. (27) "State-licensed mass appraiser" means an appraiser authorized to engage in the mass appraisal of noncomplex one to four residential units having a transaction value less than one million dollars and complex one to four residential units and nonresidential appraisals having a transaction value less than five hundred thousand dollars. (28) "Timberland" means forestland that is producing or is capable of producing timber as a crop. (29) "Valuation services" means the value of real estate or real property based on assignment instructions of the client in accordance with federal law or regulations. (30) "Value" means the monetary relationship between properties and those who buy, sell, or use those properties, expressed as an opinion of the worth of the property at a given time. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1991 Act No. 12, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 143, SECTION 1; 1994 Act No. 385, SECTION 19; 2000 Act No. 335, SECTION 1. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 180, SECTION 1, in the introductory paragraph, deleted "In addition to the definitions provided in Section 40-1-20,"; in subsection (2), deleted "for or in expectation of compensation, fee, or other consideration" following "value"; in subsection (4), added the acronyms; in subsection (5), substituted "an individual dealing with the analyses" for "an appraiser dealing with the appraiser's analyses"; in subsection (8), substituted "Apprentice appraiser" for "Appraiser apprentice"; deleted former subsection (13), definition of "Independent appraisal assignment"; redesignated the remaining subsections accordingly; in subsection (19), substituted "an oral or written report" for "an appraisal report"; and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2016 Act No. 243, SECTION 2, in (5), definition of "appraisal report", substituted "may be considered" for "is considered"; in (8), definition of "apprentice appraiser", added a hyphen between "state" and "certified"; deleted former (11) and (22), definitions of "evaluation" and "specialized services"; in (18), definition of "real estate appraisal activity", substituted "performing an appraisal and preparing an appraisal report" for "valuing real estate or real property and preparing an oral or written report"; and redesignated the paragraphs accordingly. 2024 Act No. 196, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-3-240 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 40-3-240
SECTION 40-3-240. Application for licensure; examination; credits from other jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

(A) An application for licensure must be made on board application forms. A completed application signed and sworn to by the applicant must be filed with the board office and must be accompanied by all applicable fees. No application may be considered until the fees have been paid. Application fees are nonrefundable. (B) The Architectural Registration Examination must be administered in a format and manner prescribed by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) to all applicants for initial licensure. Applicants must pass all subject areas within the time prescribed by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). Scores for the individual subject areas must not be averaged. (C) An applicant must satisfy the requirements of Section 40-3-230(C)(1) and must be currently enrolled and actively participating in the Architectural Experience Program or be a student actively participating in an NCARB-accepted Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) option within an NAAB-accredited professional degree program in architecture in order to be approved by the board to take the Architectural Registration Examination. Once an applicant has been approved to take the examination, any subsequent changes in the education or experience requirements do not affect the applicant's eligibility to take the examination. (D) The board may accept transfer credits for individual subject areas of the examination passed by the applicant from another jurisdiction. Editor's Note Prior Laws:1917 (30) 198; 1920 (31) 832; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 2880; 1922 (32) 823; 1932 Code SECTION 7057; 1942 Code SECTION 7057; 1952 Code SECTION 56-55; 1957 (50) 258; 1962 Code SECTION 56-55; 1966 (54) 2161; 1984 Act No. 503, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-3-60. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 215, SECTION 3, in (C), substituted "Architectural Experience Program or be a student actively participating in an NCARB-accepted Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) option within an NAAB-accredited professional degree program in architecture" for "Intern Development Program".
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-6-200 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 6 / Section 40-6-200
SECTION 40-6-200. Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than one thousand dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-58-120 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 58 / Section 40-58-120
SECTION 40-58-120. Maintenance of records; composite annual report; confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(A) A licensee shall maintain records in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and practices in a manner that will enable the administrator to determine whether the licensee is complying with this chapter. The recordkeeping system of a licensee is sufficient if he makes the required information reasonably available. (B) On or before March thirty-first each year a licensee shall file with the administrator a composite annual report in the form prescribed by the administrator relating to all mortgage loans made or brokered by him. The licensee shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars each day for late or incomplete annual reports. (C) The report must include, but is not limited to, the volume and amounts of first and second lien mortgage loans originated by licensee and closed in the name of another party and the volume and amounts of first and second lien mortgage loans originated and closed in the name of the licensee. (D) The annual report also must include the total gross revenue earned in this State under this license. (E) Information contained in annual reports is confidential and may be published only in composite form.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-69-100 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 69 / Article 1 / Section 40-69-100
SECTION 40-69-100. Cease and desist orders, temporary restraining orders, and other equitable relief.
Status: in_force

In addition to other remedies provided for in this chapter or Section 40-1-100, the board may issue a cease and desist order or may petition an administrative law judge for a temporary restraining order or other equitable relief to enjoin a violation of this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-85-90 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 85 / Section 40-85-90
SECTION 40-85-90. Powers of board in connection with investigations and proceedings.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of an investigation or proceeding under this chapter, the board or its designee may subpoena witnesses, take evidence, and require the production of documents or records which the board considers relevant to the inquiry.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-60-90 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 60 / Article 1 / Section 40-60-90
SECTION 40-60-90. Power to administer oaths.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and duties enumerated in Section 40-1-90, the presiding officer of the board may administer oaths when taking testimony upon any and all matters pertaining to the business or duties of the board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-81-280 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 40-81-280
SECTION 40-81-280. Professional kickboxer and mixed martial arts contestant licensing requirements.
Status: in_force

In order to be licensed as a professional kickboxer or mixed martial arts contestant for an event or exhibition, an applicant: (1) must be between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, unless the commission by a majority vote waives this requirement as to an individual applicant over the age of thirty-five; (2) shall submit a completed application with payment of the prescribed fee; and (3) shall submit documentation, on a commission-approved form, that the applicant has undergone a comprehensive physical examination by a licensed physician subsequent to his last match or fifteen days before an event or exhibition in this State. The examining physician shall indicate on the approved form that the applicant is physically able to participate or compete. The comprehensive physical exam shall include a clinical, neurological, neurophysiological, and ophthalmologic examination that may include, but is not limited to, an EEG, EKG, and CAT scan by a licensed physician. If, at the time of these examinations, there is any indication of brain injury, or for any other reason the physician considers appropriate, the applicant shall undergo further neurological and neurophysiological examinations by a specialized physician including, but not limited to, a computerized tomography or medically equivalent procedure. The commission shall not issue a license to an applicant until all examinations are completed and the physician determines that the kickboxer is eligible to participate or compete; (4) shall submit evidence that the applicant has been tested not more than one year before the scheduled event or exhibition and is not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and shall show proof of immunity for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C; and (5) shall submit any additional documentation required by the commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-57-115 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 57 / Article 1 / Section 40-57-115
SECTION 40-57-115. Criminal background checks required for initial applicants and licensure renewals.
Status: in_force

In addition to other requirements established by law and for the purpose of determining an applicant's eligibility for licensure as an associate, broker, broker-in-charge, property manager, and property manager-in-charge, the commission shall require initial applicants and applicants for licensure renewal to submit to a state fingerprint-based criminal records check, to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED); a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the FBI; and a social-security-number-based criminal records check from a source approved by the commission. Costs of conducting a criminal records check must be borne by the applicant. The commission shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential, except that information relied upon in denying licensure may be disclosed as necessary to support the administrative action. Editor's Note 2020 Act No. 127, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "SECTION 1. SECTION 5 of Act 60 of 2017 is amended to read: "This act takes effect on July 1, 2020, and with respect to license renewals is only applicable to renewals initially due after June 30, 2020." Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 170, SECTION 1, substituted "salesperson" for "salesman". 2017 Act No. 60, SECTION 1, amended the section, requiring background checks for licensure renewals and requiring the background checks to be fingerprint-based. 2021 Act No. 25, SECTION 1, in the first sentence, substituted "; a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the FBI; and a social security number-based criminal records check from a source approved by the commission" for ", and a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the FBI". 2024 Act No. 204, SECTION 3, in the first sentence, substituted "an associate" for "a salesman", and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-36-150 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 36 / Article 1 / Section 40-36-150
SECTION 40-36-150. Voluntary surrender of license by licensee being investigated.
Status: in_force

A licensee under investigation for a violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter may voluntarily surrender the license in accordance with Section 40-1-150.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-47-775 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 47 / Article 6 / Section 40-47-775
SECTION 40-47-775. Display of license.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a license issued in accordance with this article and who is engaged in the active practice of acupuncture, or the active practice of auricular therapy or the active practice of auricular detoxification, shall display the license in an appropriate and conspicuous location in the person's place of practice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-29-120 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 29 / Section 40-29-120
SECTION 40-29-120. Prior criminal record of license applicant.
Status: in_force

A license may be denied based on a person's prior criminal record as provided for in Section 40-1-140.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-75-540 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 75 / Article 3 / Section 40-75-540
SECTION 40-75-540. Regulations for continuing education; license renewal.
Status: in_force

(A) The board shall promulgate regulations in accordance with Chapter 23, Title 1 (Administrative Procedures Act) establishing requirements for continuing education which must be met by a person licensed as a licensed psycho-educational specialist. An applicant for license renewal shall present evidence satisfactory to the board that continuing education requirements have been met. (B) A person licensed under this chapter must receive at least one hour of continuing education in suicide assessment, treatment, and management treatment, which may be completed virtually, as a portion of the total continuing education requirement for license renewal as determined by the board in regulation. Editor's Note 2024 Act No. 158, SECTION 4, provides as follows: "SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. However, SECTIONS 1, 2, and 3 apply to license renewal cycles ending after 2025." Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 158, SECTION 2, inserted the (A) designator and added (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-3-325 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 40-3-325
SECTION 40-3-325. Architect immunity.
Status: in_force

A licensed architect under the provisions of this chapter is immune from liability for volunteer architectural services provided during an emergency in the same manner as a licensed engineer is immune for volunteer engineering services as provided in Section 40-22-295. This section does not provide immunity from liability for persons merely registered in this State pursuant to Section 40-3-260. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 280, SECTION 1, provides as follows: "This act may be cited as the 'Architects' and Engineers' Volunteer Act'."
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-30-250 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 30 / Section 40-30-250
SECTION 40-30-250. Discipline.
Status: in_force

(A) Upon a determination by the board that one or more of the grounds for discipline exists, in addition to sanctions provided in Section 40-1-120, the board may: (1) issue a nondisciplinary letter of caution; (2) issue a private reprimand; (3) issue a public reprimand; (4) impose a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars per violation; (5) place the licensee on probation, restrict the license, or suspend the license for a definite or indefinite time and prescribe conditions to be met during probation, restriction, or suspension, respectively including, but not limited to, satisfactory completion of additional education of a supervisory period or of continuing education programs as may be specified; or (6) temporarily or permanently revoke the license. (B) A decision by the board to discipline a licensee as authorized pursuant to this section must be made by a majority vote of a quorum of the entire membership of the board, reduced by any vacancies existing at the time. (C) Except for a private reprimand, a final order of the board pursuant to this section is public information. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment substituted "panel" for "disciplinary panel" throughout; added subsection (A)(2), relating to private reprimand; redesignated former subsections (A)(2) through (A)(5) as (A)(3) through (A)(6); and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2022 Act No. 151, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-81-150 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 81 / Section 40-81-150
SECTION 40-81-150. Voluntary surrender of license.
Status: in_force

A licensee under investigation for a violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter may voluntarily surrender the license in accordance with Section 40-1-150.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-63-60 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 63 / Article 1 / Section 40-63-60
SECTION 40-63-60. Adoption of rules governing board proceedings.
Status: in_force

The board may adopt rules governing its proceedings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-3-270 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 3 / Section 40-3-270
SECTION 40-3-270. Certificate of authority.
Status: in_force

(A) A firm desiring a certificate of authorization shall file with the board an application on forms provided by the board and pay an application fee. Before a certificate of authorization may be issued to an out-of-state business or professional corporation, the corporation must be approved to transact business in this State. A copy of the approved certificate of authority issued by the State must be filed with the board application. (B) A firm must maintain on file in the board office the name of the individual in full authority and responsible charge and written evidence of authority. Failure to provide accurate and timely information may constitute a violation of this subsection. (C) For the purpose of this chapter, a sole proprietorship means a business in which one or more registered architects are engaged as employees; however, the practice must be conducted under the name registered with the board as an individual (i.e., John Doe, Architect). Any other practice name, i.e., Doe & Company, or Doe & Associates, requires a certificate of authorization to practice. (D) If a South Carolina firm seeks to register under a name referring to persons rather than a trade name, the persons referred to in the firm's name must be licensed as individual architects, engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects in this State. (E) If an out-of-state firm seeks to register under a name referring to persons rather than a trade name, the persons referred to in the firm's name must be licensed as individual architects, engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects in this State or in another state or jurisdiction. (F) The requirement to obtain a certificate of authorization applies to associations for one or more projects but does not apply to an out-of-state firm or individual retained by a registered South Carolina architect as a consultant only. (G) A registered architect practicing in his name who does not employ a registered architect is not required to obtain a certificate of authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-7-200 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 7 / Section 40-7-200
SECTION 40-7-200. Practicing barbering in violation of chapter; knowing submission of false information for purpose of obtaining license; penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who practices or offers to practice barbering in this State in violation of this chapter or who knowingly submits false information for the purpose of obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than five thousand dollars.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-25-180 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 25 / Section 40-25-180
SECTION 40-25-180. Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

No person may: (1) sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license; (2) purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualification to engage in the practice of specializing in hearing aids; (3) alter a license with fraudulent intent; (4) use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered; (5) wilfully make a false statement in an application for license or application for renewal of license.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-10-220 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 10 / Section 40-10-220
SECTION 40-10-220. Actions to enforce contract.
Status: in_force

An entity that does not have a valid license as required by this chapter may not bring an action either at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of a contract. An entity that enters into a contract to engage in construction in a name other than the exact name that appears on its fire sprinkler contractor license may not bring an action either at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of a contract.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-45-170 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 45 / Article 1 / Section 40-45-170
SECTION 40-45-170. Costs of investigation and prosecution; authority to require payment by violator.
Status: in_force

A person found in violation of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter may be required to pay costs associated with the investigation and prosecution of the case in accordance with Section 40-1-170.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-28-10 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 28 / Section 40-28-10
SECTION 40-28-10. Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners; creation; appointment of members; terms.
Status: in_force

(A) There is created the Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners. The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation shall administer the provisions of this chapter. (B) The Governor shall appoint a board of five licensed landscape architects and two members of the general public. (C) A professional member of the board must be a licensed landscape architect who has been actively engaged in the practice of landscape architecture for a period of at least five years and who has been responsible for landscape architecture for at least three years. The two members of the public may not be engaged in the practice of landscape architecture, have no financial interest in the profession of landscape architecture, and have no immediate family member in the profession of landscape architecture. (D) At the end of their respective terms, successors must be selected in the same manner and appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. The Governor may replace a board member for cause. An appointment to fill a vacancy on the board is for the balance of the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment. Editor's Note Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698, SECTIONS 3, 4, 6; 1990 Act No. 372, SECTION 3; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 899; 1976 Code SECTIONS 40-28-30, 40-28-40, 40-28-60.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-38-330 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 38 / Section 40-38-330
SECTION 40-38-330. Regulations by board concerning employment, location and number of stores, advertising, and display of products prohibited.
Status: in_force

The board has no authority to promulgate regulations governing the employment of opticians, the location of optical stores, the number of optical stores operated, the advertising of optical products or services, or the manner in which these products can be displayed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-54-50 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 54 / Section 40-54-50
SECTION 40-54-50. Purchases from minors; retention period of precious metals purchased; goods subject to inspection.
Status: in_force

(A) No dealer may purchase any precious metal from a minor unless accompanied by his parent or guardian with appropriate identification. (B) All precious metals, except coins, purchased by a dealer must be held by the dealer at his permanent place of business or within the county of purchase in this State without being resold, melted, or altered in any manner, for a period of twenty-one days from the purchase date. All goods required to be held under this section must at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any law enforcement agency. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 292, SECTION 4, in subsection (B), inserted ", except coins,"; substituted "within the county of purchase in this State" for "at another suitable location in the State of South Carolina"; inserted a comma after "melted"; substituted "twenty-one days" for "seven days"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-38-130 — SC Code / Title 40 / Chapter 38 / Section 40-38-130
SECTION 40-38-130. Denial of license on same grounds as for disciplinary actions.
Status: in_force

As provided for in Section 40-1-130, the board may deny licensure to an applicant based on the same grounds for which the board may take disciplinary action against a licensee.