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SC Code § 40-8-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-60. Election of chairman and vice chairman; expense reimbursements; meetings.

 The board shall elect annually a chairman and vice chairman. Each member of the board shall receive the usual mileage, per diem, and subsistence as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions. All expenses of the board must be paid from fees received by the board.  The board shall meet at least semiannually and may hold special meetings at any time and place within the State at the call of the chairman or upon written request of at least four members.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-70. Board power and duties.

 In addition to the powers and duties included in Sections 40-1-70 through 40-1-100, the board shall establish policies and procedures consistent with this chapter, shall have the full power to regulate the issuance of licenses, and shall discipline licensees in any manner permitted by this chapter or under the provisions of Sections 40-1-110 through 40-1-150.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-75. Seal.

 The board shall have and use an official seal bearing the name of the board.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-80. License fees.

 (A) The following fees must be assessed, collected, and adjusted on behalf of the board by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in accordance with this chapter and the provisions of Section 40-1-50(D):  (1) a license fee of eight hundred fifty dollars, annually;  (2) an application fee of two hundred fifty dollars.  (B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), the fees for a cemetery in existence on the effective date of this chapter, which consists of ten acres or less of land are as follows:  (1) a license fee of four hundred dollars, annually;  (2) an application fee of two hundred fifty dollars.  (C) The license period is from January first through December thirty-first.  (D) Failure to renew a license by the December thirty-first renewal date renders the license invalid. The license may be reinstated upon receipt of an application postmarked not later than January thirty-first. Delinquent renewal requests not postmarked on or before January thirty-first require that a new application be submitted under the guidelines in effect for the current period.  (E) All fees are nonrefundable.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-120. Land requirements; conveyance and use of excess contiguous lands; transfer to municipality.

 (A) A licensee shall set aside a minimum of thirty acres of land for use as a cemetery, except as may otherwise be provided in this chapter, and may not mortgage, lease, or encumber it.  (B) The fee simple title in any land owned by the licensee as a cemetery, which lands are contiguous, adjoining, or adjacent to the minimum acreage described in subsection (A), may be sold, conveyed, or disposed of by the licensee for use by the new owner for purposes other than as a cemetery if no bodies have been previously interred and if any title, interest, or burial right which may have been sold or contracted to be sold in this land are reconveyed to the licensee before the consummation of any conveyance.  (C) A licensee may convey and transfer to a municipality or county its real and personal property, together with monies deposited with the trustee, if the municipality or county accepts responsibility for maintenance and prior written approval of the board is obtained.  (D) The provisions of subsections (A) and (B) relating to a requirement for minimum acreage do not apply to those cemeteries in existence before the effective date of this chapter. If a cemetery owns or controls a total of less than the minimum acreage, this cemetery may not dispose of any of the lands.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-130. Mausoleum and below ground crypt construction deadlines; burial vault placement; coastal and lowland exception.

 (A)(1) A cemetery company is required to start construction of that section of a mausoleum or bank of belowground crypts in which sales, contracts for sale, reservations for sales, or agreements for sales are being made within thirty-six months after the date of the first sale or refund the money. The construction of the mausoleum section or bank of belowground crypts must be completed within sixty months after the date of the first sale. Extensions for completion, not to exceed one year, may be granted by the board for good reasons shown.  (2) After construction has begun on the mausoleum section or bank of belowground crypts, the cemetery company shall certify the progress and expenditures and is entitled to withdraw funds from the mausoleum account to meet construction expenditures.  (3) If the mausoleum section or bank of belowground crypts is not completed within the time limits set out in this section, the board shall contract for and cause the project to be completed and paid for from the funds deposited to the project and the cemetery company must be liable for any shortage.  (4) In lieu of the payments to the mausoleum account the cemetery company may deliver to the board a performance bond in an amount and by surety companies acceptable to the board.  (B)(1) Burial vaults must be at least ten inches below the earth's surface. As used in this section, "burial vaults" includes caskets, grave liners, or other outer burial containers. It does not include markers, monuments, or crypts constructed in a mausoleum or columbarium.  (2) This section does not apply to cemeteries located in the coastal and lowland areas which are subject to tidal or surface flooding or have a high-level water table, except that where the water table is two feet or less from the surface, cemeteries not subject to tidal or surface flooding may place vaults level with the ground.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-140. Cemetery signs.

 All cemeteries in this State shall display a sign at each entrance containing letters not less than six inches in height stating "Perpetual Care" or "Endowment Care" or "No Perpetual Care" or "No Endowment Care" depending upon which method of operation the cemetery is using.  Those cemeteries which furnish perpetual care to some portions and no perpetual care to other portions shall display these signs on the appropriate sections of the cemetery to which the sign applies. Portions designated "Perpetual Care" cannot be changed to "No Perpetual Care" once the designation is made.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-150. Disciplinary action; grounds.

 In addition to grounds for disciplinary actions as set forth in Section 40-1-110, the board shall take disciplinary action against a licensee who:  (1) fails to pay the required fees;  (2) fails to make required reports;  (3) fails to remit to the care and maintenance trust fund or merchandise trust fund the required amounts;  (4) knowingly makes a false statement intended to influence or persuade;  (5) knowingly and continually makes flagrant misrepresentations or knowingly condones false promises by its cemetery agents or salesmen;  (6) wilfully violates this chapter or regulations promulgated by the board;  (7) acts in a fraudulent manner, whether of the same or a different character than specified in this section;  (8) fails to make required contributions to the care and maintenance trust fund or any other funds required to be established and maintained by this chapter.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-160. Dissemination of order finding basis for disciplinary action; fine.

 Upon a determination by the board that one or more of the grounds for disciplining a licensee exist, as provided for in Sections 40-8-150 and 40-1-110, the board may, in addition to the actions provided for in Section 40-1-120, impose a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars. All final orders which are made public must be mailed to local and state professional associations, all firms and facilities with which the respondent is associated, states where the person has a license known to the board, and to any other source to which the board wishes to furnish this information.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-170. Voluntary surrender of license.

 A licensee who is under investigation for any of the grounds provided for in Section 40-8-150 for which the board may take disciplinary action may voluntarily surrender his license to the board in accordance with the provisions of Section 40-1-150.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-180. Appeal.

 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.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-190. Punishment and fines for violation of chapter.

 A person who operates a cemetery in this State in violation of this chapter or who knowingly submits false information to the board for the purpose of obtaining a license is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days or more than twelve months, or both.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-200. Certain cemeteries excepted from provisions of chapter.

 The provisions of this chapter do not apply to governmental cemeteries, nonprofit cemeteries, church cemeteries, nature preserve cemeteries, or family burial grounds.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-210. Licensing of existing cemeteries.

 (A) A perpetual care cemetery licensed by the South Carolina Cemetery Board and operating in good standing on June 30, 1990, may continue to operate and must be granted a license by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board.  (B) A perpetual care cemetery established between July 1, 1990, and the effective date of this chapter may continue to operate and must be granted a license by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board, provided an Irrevocable Care and Maintenance Trust Fund Agreement with a trust institution doing business in this State has been properly entered into by the perpetual care cemetery, and a copy of the same is on file with the board.  (C) Effective January 1, 2003, all perpetual care cemeteries must be operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-220. Disclosure of conditions for free burial rights; basic maintenance requirements; religious code isolation designations.

 (A) A cemetery company which offers free burial rights to a person or group of persons, at the time of the offer, clearly shall state all conditions upon which the offer is made.  (B) Cemeteries must be maintained to present a cared-for appearance including, but not limited to, shrubs and trees pruned and trimmed, flower beds weeded, drives maintained, and lawns mowed when needed equivalent to once a week during grass growing season with ample rainfall.  (C) Cemetery companies may provide by their bylaws, regulations, contracts, or deeds the designations of parts of cemeteries for the specific use of persons whose religious code requires isolation.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-230. Severability.

 If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstances 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.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-8-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 8 - South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Act|Section 40-8-240. Application of chapter to new public cemeteries.

 Except as provided in Section 40-8-200, no person including a cemetery company is permitted to establish a new public cemetery unless it is a perpetual care cemetery that meets all requirements of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, Section 10A.
SC Code § 40-9-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (a) "Chiropractic" is defined as that science and art which utilizes the inherent recuperative powers of the body and deals with the relationship between the nervous system and the spinal column, including its immediate articulations and the role of this relationship in the restoration and maintenance of health.  (b) "Chiropractic practice" is defined as the spinal analysis of any interference with normal nerve transmission and expression, and by adjustment to the articulations of the vertebral column and its immediate articulations for the restoration and maintenance of health and the normal regimen and rehabilitation of the patient without the use of drugs or surgery.  (c) "Analysis" is defined as physical examination, the use of x-ray and procedures generally used in the practice of chiropractic.  (d) Any machine used in "chiropractic practice" or "analysis" must first be approved by the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners.  (e) "Preceptorship" or "residency training program" means a clinical program of an approved college of chiropractic in which a chiropractic intern or resident practices chiropractic under the direct supervision of a licensed chiropractor.  (f) "Chiropractic preceptor" means a person licensed under this chapter who is approved by the board to supervise chiropractic students in the performance of chiropractic at a location other than the premises of a chiropractic college in which the student is enrolled. A chiropractic preceptor must:  (1) have been licensed to practice chiropractic in South Carolina for not less than five years;  (2) not have been publicly or privately sanctioned by a chiropractic licensure board in any state;  (3) sign a sworn statement that he or she has not knowingly violated state or federal rules or regulations including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the repayment of guaranteed federally funded student loans;  (4) receive written approval of the chiropractic college to serve as an adjunct faculty member for the purpose of an individual student's preceptorship or residency training program;  (5) supervise no more than one chiropractic student at a time at a location other than the premises of the chiropractic college in which the student is enrolled.  (g) "Direct supervision" means the chiropractic preceptor must be within the immediate patient treatment area and available to the student at all times.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-351; 1952 Code Section 56-351; 1942 Code Section 5250-6; 1932 (37) 1552; 1976 Act No. 745 Section 2; 2010 Act No. 230, Section 1, eff June 7, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment added the definitions for "preceptorship or residency training program", "chiropractic preceptor", and "direct supervision".
SC Code § 40-9-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-20. License required; students participating in a preceptorship or residency training program excepted.

 (A) No person may practice chiropractic in this State without a license issued by the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners as provided in this chapter, except students participating in a preceptorship or residency training program may perform without a license chiropractic procedures under the direct supervision of a chiropractic preceptor. These procedures and this supervision must be practiced within the confines of the appropriate chiropractic college or office of a licensed chiropractor.  (B) No charges for professional service may be made to any patient or to his insurance company for any work performed on the patient by the students or by the licensed chiropractor on the college staff while supervising the students or by the licensed chiropractor in an office while supervising the students. However, the chiropractic college or the office of the licensed chiropractor may charge the patient for the actual costs and expenses it incurs for the use of its clinical property or facilities by the patient.  (C) This section does not apply to any chiropractic college which has failed to attain accredited status from the Council on Chiropractic Education or its successors or from the Commission on Accreditation of the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-352; 1952 Code Section 56-352; 1942 Code Sections 5250-1 to 5250-8; 1932 (37) 1552; 1976 Act No. 689 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 199 Section 31; 1980 Act No. 307, Section 2, 1985 Act No. 177, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 230, Section 2, eff June 7, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
SC Code § 40-9-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-25. Students may perform procedures.

 A student enrolled in a preceptorship or residency training program may perform chiropractic procedures only if:  (a) the student has met all academic requirements for graduation from an accredited chiropractic college approved by the board; and  (b) the chiropractic procedures are performed only under the direct supervision of the student's chiropractic preceptor.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 230, Section 3, eff June 7, 2010.
SC Code § 40-9-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-35. Compensation of members of the board.

 Members of the board and persons authorized by the board, engaged in business for the board, shall receive for their services a per diem as determined by the board, and travel expenses as provided by law for state boards, committees and commissions. Such compensation shall be paid from board funds.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 307, Section 4.
SC Code § 40-9-36 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-36. Executive Director.

 The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, pursuant to Section 40-73-15 may appoint and employ a qualified person to serve as executive director, and shall fix his compensation and define his duties. The executive director of the board shall have the power to make contracts, with board approval, for the furtherance of the board's functions and the management of the office. The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation may employ such other persons as may be necessary to carry on its work. The salaries of employees and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid out of funds held by the board.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 307, Section 5; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 865.
SC Code § 40-9-37 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-37. Conduct of advisory election.

 Each chiropractor, licensed pursuant to Chapter 9, Title 40, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, and residing within the congressional district from which the appointment is to be made, shall be entitled to vote in the advisory election. A ballot shall be sent by certified mail to each licensed chiropractor residing in that congressional district from which the appointment is to be made. The ballot shall contain the name of each chiropractor licensed pursuant to this chapter and residing within the congressional district from which the appointment is to be made, as indicated by the records of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners or its predecessor. A space shall be provided for write-in votes for qualified candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot. The ballot shall specify the date by which the returned ballot must be received by the agency conducting the advisory election. The ballots shall be opened at 9:00 A.M. on the day following the date specified for the receipt of the ballots and the results shall be tabulated. The tabulated results shall be immediately forwarded to the Governor.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 351, Section 2; 2012 Act No. 222, Section 3, eff June 7, 2012.  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 removed "For the initial election the records used shall be the records of the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners on May 10, 1978.".
SC Code § 40-9-38 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 9 - Chiropractors And Chiropractic|Section 40-9-38. Vacancies.

 Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired term.  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 99, Section 5.