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SC Code § 40-38-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-230. Examinations; applications; fees; competency examinations; contact lens examinations.

 (A) A person desiring to be examined by the board must submit an application furnished by the board sixty days before the examination. The application must be accompanied by a fee established by the board in regulation and in accordance with Section 40-1-50(D).  (B) An applicant for examination shall pass the opticianry competency examination prepared by the American Board of Opticianry, or if that examination is not available, an opticianry competency examination prepared by the board. Examinations in dispensing and other practical areas of opticianry may be conducted by the board. The board may not require an examination that is substantially duplicative of the national examination if the national examination is available.  (C) An optician or applicant for licensure as a contact lens optician successfully shall complete a written qualifying contact lens examination prepared by the National Committee of Contact Lens Examination, or if that examination is not available, an equivalent examination prepared by the board.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 528, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-130.
SC Code § 40-38-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-240. Qualifications for licensure as optician or contact lens optician.

 (A) A person is qualified to receive a certificate of licensure as an optician if the person has:  (1) graduated from an accredited public or private high school or secondary school of equal grade approved by the board or has completed an equivalent course of study approved by the board.  (2)(a) received a certificate from a two-year school of opticianry approved by the board;  (b) a currently valid optician's license in another state;  (c) been engaged in opticianry for not less than two years in a state that does not license opticians; or  (d) had two years' apprenticeship under a South Carolina licensed optician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist. The board must approve in writing an apprenticeship before the apprenticeship commences, and the regulations of the board apply to the apprentice.  (3) satisfactorily passed an examination conducted or recognized by the board and shows proficiency in processing a lens, frame, or any other optical device or appurtenance in accordance with an optometrist's or physician's prescription. Processing does not mean those tasks and functions in surface grinding performed by persons who work in a wholesale laboratory.  Having met the requirements of this subsection and upon payment of a licensure fee established by the board in regulation, the board shall issue a certificate of licensure and shall enter the person in the board register as licensed to work as an optician.  (B) A person is qualified to receive a certificate of licensure as a contact lens optician who has:  (1) met all the requirements of subsection (A); and  (2) satisfactorily passed a written qualifying contact lens examination conducted or recognized by the board.  Having met the requirement of this subsection and upon payment of a licensure fee established by the board in regulation, the board shall issue a certificate of licensure and shall enter the person in the board register as licensed to work as a contact lens dispensing optician.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 528, Sections 2, 3; 1976 Code Section 40-38-120.
SC Code § 40-38-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-250. Apprentices and apprenticeships; promulgation of regulations.

 The board shall promulgate regulations for apprentice registration requirements and fees and for the regulation of apprentices and apprenticeships.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-260. Annual renewal of licenses and registrations; fees; revocation for default; reinstatement; continuing education requirements.

 (A) A licensed optician or registered apprentice who desires to continue to be licensed or registered in this State annually, on or before the first day of October, shall pay a renewal fee, to be established by the board in regulation and in accordance with Section 40-1-50(D). In case of default in payment of the fee, the person's license or registration is automatically revoked if the board gives the licensee thirty days' notice in writing before the effective date of revocation. Deposit of the notice in the United States Postal Service addressed to the person at the person's last place of residence or business, registered with the board, with postage prepaid, constitutes legal service of the notice. No license or registration may be revoked for nonpayment of the renewal fee if within the thirty-day notice period the person pays a renewal fee and a penalty established by the board in regulation. A person whose license or registration has been revoked for failure to pay the renewal fee may apply to have it reinstated upon payment of all renewal fees and a penalty as established by the board in regulation. If the license or registration has been lapsed for more than two years, the person shall appear before the board, which shall determine if the license or registration should be reinstated and the terms under which the reinstatement is to be made. A person holding a license or registration in South Carolina not practicing in this State who wishes to keep the license or registration current, annually may pay an inactive license or registration fee established by the board in regulation. If the person decides to resume practice in this State, the person shall pay the fee being charged active practitioners in South Carolina at that time.  (B) An optician or apprentice annually shall attend a minimum of four hours of continuing education courses or meetings, one hour of which may be in office management or administration. The instruction must be on subjects relative to opticianry at board-approved and recognized educational seminars and courses or accredited institutions of learning. An optician holding a contact lens license must obtain one additional hour of continuing education courses or meetings, which must be in contact lens education at board-approved and recognized educational seminars and courses or accredited institutions of learning. Satisfactory proof of compliance with this subsection is a prerequisite for annual renewal.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-180.
SC Code § 40-38-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-270. Fitting of contact lenses and professional determinations by opticians prohibited; exception.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to contact lenses, an optician shall act upon receipt of and based on a prescription for the lenses by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to allow an optician to fit contact lenses or to make professional determinations as lenses to the specifications of these lenses unless under the supervision of an ophthalmologist or optometrist. If supervision is not direct and if the optician dispenses the contact lenses outside of the presence of the ophthalmologist or optometrist, the optician shall instruct the patient to return to the prescribing ophthalmologist or optometrist for verification of the fitting as soon as an appointment may be obtained.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-150.
SC Code § 40-38-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-280. Ophthalmic dispensing of services and appliances; prescription required; exceptions.

 The services and appliances related to ophthalmic dispensing must be dispensed, furnished, or supplied to the intended wearer or user only upon prescription issued by a physician or an optometrist; however, duplications, replacements, reproductions, or repetitions may be provided without prescription and are deemed to be ophthalmic dispensing, as if performed on the basis of a written prescription. Oral prescriptions are permitted if the optician maintains a written record. Contact lenses may be dispensed only in accordance with Section 40-38-270.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-290. Dispensing of spectacles to public from manufacturing or warehouse locations prohibited.

 It is unlawful for an ophthalmic manufacturer, wholesale supply house, or any of their employees, whether licensed as an optician or unlicensed, to dispense spectacles to the public from its manufacturing or wholesale locations.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-190.
SC Code § 40-38-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-300. Use of optician's license by unlicensed persons unlawful; assistants under supervision of opticians; delegation of tasks.

 (A) It is unlawful for an optician to permit his license to be used by an unlicensed person, and it is unlawful for an unlicensed person to practice or attempt to practice or conduct optician business under the rights and privileges conferred upon another person who is a licensed optician.  (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an optician may delegate tasks to assistants working under his direct supervision. However, under no circumstances may an assistant be allowed to perform a contact lens fitting. Nothing in this section precludes an optician who is supervising an assistant from being absent from the practice for reasonable periods during the working day including, but not limited to, lunch or other customary, practice-related absences; however, no contact lenses may be dispensed during the optician's absence.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-200.
SC Code § 40-38-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-310. Unlawful advertising, sales, and pricing acts regarding ophthalmic goods and services; required disclosures.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to disseminate, directly or indirectly, or cause to be disseminated any untruthful, deceptive advertisement, or representation concerning eye examinations, ophthalmic goods, ophthalmic services, or the practice of opticianry. It is unlawful for a person, partnership, or corporation to disseminate, directly or indirectly, or cause to be disseminated any untruthful, impossible, improbable, misleading, or deceptive advertisement or representation concerning the terms, guarantee, or warranty which relates to the procurement of ophthalmic goods or services.  (B) It is unlawful for a person to offer or give eye examinations, eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or any part used in connection with them as a premium or bonus with merchandise or in any other manner to induce trade. This section does not prohibit giving ophthalmic products incidental to the use of the product being offered or the offering of a reduced price, sale, or discount on purchases.  These disclosures must be made with any offer:  (1) if the offered price is represented as being a reduced price, sale price, or discounted price, the offer shall disclose the reduced price, sale price, or discounted price is from the offeror's regular selling price or shall disclose any other price and its source which serves as the standard from which the offeror represents the offered price as being a reduced price, sale price, or discounted price;  (2) the date the offer terminates.  (C) It is unlawful for a person to disseminate price information concerning ophthalmic goods and services without including an advertised price for:  (1) eyeglasses includes single vision or multi-focal lenses;  (2) contact lenses refers to hard or soft contact lenses;  (3) ophthalmic materials includes all dispensing fees;  (4) ophthalmic materials includes an eye examination; and  (5) eyeglasses includes both frame and lenses.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1988 Act No. 528, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-70.
SC Code § 40-38-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-320. Use of third-party solicitations; restrictions.

 Nothing in this chapter prevents opticians from using third-party solicitation which does not involve uninvited, in-person solicitation of persons who, because of their particular circumstances, may be vulnerable to undue influences.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-330. Regulations by board concerning employment, location and number of stores, advertising, and display of products prohibited.

 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.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-340. Advertising by dispensing optician under corporate name, trade name, or as successor to another optician.

 Dispensing opticians may hold themselves out as doing business and may advertise under their corporate name, trade name, or as successor to another optician in the State, and the board may not promulgate regulations restricting these rights.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-38-80.
SC Code § 40-38-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-350. Display of certificate of licensure; effect of failure to display certificate.

 (A) A person to whom a certificate of licensure is granted under this chapter shall display it in a conspicuous place in the person's principal office or place of business or employment. A separate certificate of licensure as a contact lens optician granted by the board also must be displayed by an optician eligible to dispense contact lenses.  (B) A person who fails, neglects, or refuses to display the certificate of licensure is deemed to have forfeited the certificate, and it may not be restored except upon the payment of a reinstatement fee of twenty-five dollars.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1982 Act No. 396, Section 1; 1976 Code Sections 40-38-160, 40-38-170.
SC Code § 40-38-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-360. Service of required notices; prima facie evidence.

 Notices required by this chapter may be sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last mailing address furnished to the board. The post office registration receipt signed by the recipient, his agent, or a responsible member of his household or office staff or, if not accepted by the person to whom addressed, the postal authority stamp showing the notice refused is prima facie evidence of service of the notice.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-370. Persons excepted from application of chapter.

 This chapter does not apply to:  (1) physicians licensed in this State for the practice of medicine or osteopathy;  (2) optometrists licensed under the laws of this State to practice optometry; or  (3) persons who sell as merchandise from an established place of business ready-made eyeglasses or spectacles if the person does not aid the purchaser in the fitting of the eye glasses or spectacles.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-380. Immunity.

 No member of the board, its committees, special examiners, agents, and employees may be held liable for acts performed in the course of official duties except where actual malice is shown.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-38-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 38 - Opticians|Section 40-38-390. Severability.

 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.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 426, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-39-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Pawnbrokers|Section 40-39-10. Definitions.

 The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter:  (1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, association, or any other legal entity however organized.  (2) "Pawnbroker" means any person engaged in the business of lending money on the security of pledged goods, or engaged in the business of purchasing tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time.  (3) "Pledged goods" means tangible personal property other than vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-20(1) required to be registered and licensed pursuant to Title 56, choses in action, title, securities, or printed evidences of indebtedness, which property is deposited with or otherwise actually delivered into the possession of a pawnbroker in the course of his business in connection with a pawn transaction.  (4) "Pawnshop" means the location at which or premises in which a pawnbroker regularly conducts business.  (5) "Month" means that period of time from one date in a calendar month to the corresponding date in the following calendar month, but if there is no corresponding date, then the last day of the following month, and when computations are made for a fraction of a month, a day is one-thirtieth of a month.  (6) "Administrator" means the administrator of the Department of Consumer Affairs.  (7) "Pawn transaction" means the pledging with a pawnbroker under this chapter of a single item of goods or tangible personal property as security for a loan of money. Items that are usually sold as a set are considered a single item and must be included in the same transaction, and a pledged item together with items that are accessories to the pledged item are considered a single item and must be included in the same transaction. A separate pawn transaction retains its separate character when it is renewed, unless the parties agree otherwise.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 491, Section 2; 2016 Act No. 262 (H.4090), Section 4, eff June 9, 2016.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1900 (23) 427; Civ. C. '02 Section 1749; Civ. C. '12 Section 2625; Civ. C. '22 Section 3946; 1932 Code Section 7130; 1942 Code Section 7130; 1952 Code Section 56-1151; 1962 Code Section 56-1151.  Effect of Amendment  2016 Act No. 262, Section 4, in (3), inserted reference to vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-20(1).
SC Code § 40-39-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Pawnbrokers|Section 40-39-30. Certificate of authority required for each business location; penalties; location of retained pledged goods; posting of operation hours.

 (A) No person may carry on the business of a pawnbroker in any location other than the one designated in his certificate of authority, under penalty of administrative fine, revocation of his certificate of authority, or other action by the administrator pursuant to regulation or criminal prosecution as set out in this chapter.  (B) No pawnbroker may retain pledged goods in a location other than the location designated in the certificate of authority without first filing a notification with the department. A request made pursuant to this subsection must be on a form prescribed by the department.  (C) A pawnbroker conspicuously shall post the hours of operation and any closure at each location.  HISTORY:1988 Act No. 491, Section 2; 2016 Act No. 262 (H.4090), Section 6, eff June 9, 2016.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1900 (23) 427; Civ. C. '02 Section 1749; Civ. C. '12 Section 2625; Civ. C. '22 Section 3946; 1932 Code Section 7130; 1942 Code Section 7130; 1952 Code Section 56-1153; 1962 Code Section 56-1153.  Effect of Amendment  2016 Act No. 262, Section 6, inserted the paragraph designators; in (A), twice substituted "certificate of authority" for "Certificate of Authority"; and added (B) and (C), relating to location of retained pledged goods and operation hours postings.
SC Code § 40-39-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 39 - Pawnbrokers|Section 40-39-40. Unauthorized fees prohibited; violative pawn transaction ramifications.

 (A) No pawnbroker may charge or collect any fees, costs, or assessments of any kind or nature other than those specifically allowed under this chapter.  (B) A person who makes a pawn transaction in violation of this chapter:  (1) may not collect, receive, or retain any interest or charges on the loan in violation of this chapter; and  (2) has no right to possess the pledged goods.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 491, Section 2; 2016 Act No. 262 (H.4090), Section 7, eff June 9, 2016.  Effect of Amendment  2016 Act No. 262, Section 7, inserted paragraph designator (A), and added (B), relating to violative pawn transaction ramifications.