SC Code § 11-5-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 11 - Public Finance|Chapter 5 - State Treasurer|Section 11-5-210. Licensing fees and other income of Professional and Occupational Licensing Agencies.

 (A) Except for the provisions of Sections 27-32-200, et seq., relating to the Vacation Time Sharing Recovery Fund, all revenues and income from licenses, examination fees, sale of commodities and services, and income derived from any other board or commission source or activity of the following boards and commissions for which General Fund appropriations are made in all general appropriations acts must be remitted to the State Treasurer as collected when practicable, but at least once each week and must be credited to the General Fund of the State:  South Carolina Board of Accountancy  State Board of Architectural Examiners  South Carolina Auctioneers' Commission  State Board of Barber Examiners  State Cemetery Board  South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners  State Licensing Board for Contractors  State Board of Cosmetology  South Carolina State Board of Dentistry  State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors  South Carolina Board of Certification of Environmental Systems Operators  State Board of Registration for Foresters  South Carolina State Board of Funeral Services  State Board of Registration for Geologists  State Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners  State Board of Medical Examiners  State Board of Nursing for South Carolina  State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators and Community  Residential Care Facility Administrators  South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy  South Carolina Board of Examiners in Opticianry  South Carolina Board of Examiners in Optometry  Board of Pharmacy  State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners  Board of Podiatry Examiners  State Board of Examiners for Professional Counselors, Associate Counselors, and Marital and Family Therapists  State Board of Examiners in Psychology  Real Estate Commission of South Carolina  South Carolina Residential Home Builders Commission  South Carolina State Board of Examiners for Registered Sanitarians  State Board of Social Work Examiners  State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers  State Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology  South Carolina State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.  (B) The agencies listed in this section whose revenue and income are collected on a two-year basis, for the purposes of this provision, may average their income for the appropriate fiscal years.  (C) All assessments, fees, and licenses must be levied in an amount sufficient to at least equal the amount appropriated annually in the general appropriations act for those boards and commissions.  (D) The boards and commissions listed in subsection (A) are known as Professional and Occupational Licensing Agencies (POLA).  HISTORY: 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 3; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 5; 1990 Act No. 494, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 13; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 6D(1); 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1617(F).  Editor's Note  1992 Act No. 535, Section 1 , eff May 4, 1992, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. Professional and Licensing Agencies (POLA's) as specified in Section 11-5-210 of the 1976 Code may establish special comptroller general accounts for crediting testing fees received in excess of amounts appropriated to these agencies before July 1, 1992, for test expenses. Funds credited to these accounts may be used only to pay test expenses. Any account balance at the close of the fiscal year must be remitted to the general fund of the State. These accounts must be designated 'earmarked other fund accounts' and funds credited to these accounts must be expended according to the JARC process. These accounts may not be used to defer revenue."