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SC Code § 40-26-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 26 - Commercial Inspectors|Section 40-26-40. Disciplinary action for violations.

 A violation of this chapter is considered a violation against the person's license, registration, or certification and subjects the person to disciplinary action by the board under which the person is licensed, registered, or certified.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 463, Section 4.
SC Code § 40-26-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 26 - Commercial Inspectors|Section 40-26-50. Prohibited conduct; unlicensed inspectors prohibited from enforcing contract.

 (A) Any person who is licensed, registered, or certified pursuant to Chapter 3 of this title or who is licensed as a general contractor pursuant to Chapter 11 of this title or who is licensed or registered as a professional engineer pursuant to Chapter 22 of this title and who performs a commercial inspection is prohibited from engaging in any of the following conduct:  (1) making a false or misleading statement in that portion of a written report that deals with professional qualifications or in any testimony concerning professional qualifications;  (2) any act or omission involving dishonesty, fraud, or misrepresentation with the intent to substantially benefit a commercial inspector or other person or with the intent to substantially injure another person;  (3) any act of fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in the making of a commercial inspection;  (4) payment of a finder's fee or a referral fee to any person in connection with an inspection of a commercial structure;  (5) failure or refusal without good cause to exercise reasonable diligence in developing a commercial inspection report, preparing a report, or communicating a report;  (6) accepting a commercial inspection assignment when the employment itself is contingent upon the commercial inspector reporting a predetermined estimate, analysis, or opinion or when the fee to be paid is contingent upon the opinion, the conclusions, analysis, or report reached or upon the consequences resulting from such assignment;  (7) the performing of any improvement to a commercial structure upon which the commercial inspector performed a commercial inspection within the previous twelve months;  (8) committing an act, or acts, of malpractice, gross negligence, or incompetence in the performance of commercial inspections;  (9) practicing as a commercial inspector without a current license, registration, or certification issued pursuant to Chapter 3 of this title or issued pursuant to Chapter 11 of this title for a general contractor or issued pursuant to Chapter 22 of this title for a professional engineer;  (10) engaging in conduct that could result in harm or injury to the public.  (B) A commercial inspector who is not duly licensed, certified, or registered as required by this chapter may not bring any action either at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of any contract for a commercial inspection which he entered into in violation of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 463, Section 4.
SC Code § 40-26-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 26 - Commercial Inspectors|Section 40-26-60. Inspectors to determine applicable building code provisions.

 When an inspection report includes a deficiency that is alleged to be a building codes violation, the inspector is responsible for determining the construction dates and building codes in effect at the time of construction and must conduct the inspection using the building codes in effect at the time of construction.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 463, Section 4.
SC Code § 40-27-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-10. Record of purchases; nonferrous metals.

 A person or entity buying junk other than junk that consists of nonferrous metals, as defined by Section 16-17-680, or vehicles shall keep a book that the person or entity shall keep open to the inspection of all persons, wherein the person or entity shall set down the name and address, city, and street of every person selling junk and an itemized statement of all junk bought from such persons and the purchase dates. A person or entity buying junk that consists of nonferrous metals, as defined by Section 16-17-680, is subject to the provisions of Section 16-17-680. A person or entity buying junk that consists of vehicles is subject to the provisions of Sections 56-5-5670 and 56-5-5945.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-751; 1952 Code Section 56-751; 1942 Code Section 7138; 1932 Code Section 7138; Civ. C. '22 Section 3954; 1913 (28) 209; 2009 Act No. 26, Section 4; 2012 Act No. 242, Section 3, eff December 15, 2012.  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 242, Section 13, provides as follows:  "Subsection (H) of Section 56-5-5670 of the 1976 Code as contained in SECTION 8 and subsection (H) of Section 56-5-5945 of the 1976 Code as contained in SECTION 9 take effect upon approval by the Governor. All other provisions of this act take effect one hundred eighty days after approval by the Governor."  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 40-27-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-20. Junk required to be kept for certain period of time and open for inspection.

 A person or entity shall keep each article of junk purchased other than junk that consists of nonferrous metals, as defined by Section 16-17-680, and vehicles for a period of seventy-two hours following the purchase and shall keep the junk open to the inspection of all persons. A person or entity buying junk that consists of nonferrous metals, as defined by Section 16-17-680, is subject to the provisions of Section 16-17-680. A person or entity buying junk that consists of vehicles is subject to the provisions of Sections 56-5-5670 and 56-5-5945.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-752; 1952 Code Section 56-752; 1942 Code Section 7139; 1932 Code Section 7139; Civ. C. '22 Section 3955; 1913 (28) 209; 2012 Act No. 242, Section 4, eff December 15, 2012.  Editor's Note  2012 Act No. 242, Section 13, provides as follows:  "Subsection (H) of Section 56-5-5670 of the 1976 Code as contained in SECTION 8 and subsection (H) of Section 56-5-5945 of the 1976 Code as contained in SECTION 9 take effect upon approval by the Governor. All other provisions of this act take effect one hundred eighty days after approval by the Governor."  Effect of Amendment  The 2012 amendment rewrote this section.
SC Code § 40-27-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-40. Penalties.

 A person violating a provision of this article shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days. Each violation constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-753; 1952 Code Section 56-753; 1942 Code Section 7140; 1932 Code Section 7140; Civ. C. '22 Section 3956; Cr. C. '22 Section 295; 1913 (28) 209; 2009 Act No. 26, Section 6.
SC Code § 40-27-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-110. "Motor vehicle junk yard" defined.

 The term "motor vehicle junk yard" shall include any place of storage or deposit, whether in connection with another business or not, which displays, or in or upon which are displayed, to view from the public highway two or more unregistered motor vehicles which are unfit for reconditioning for use on the public highways, used parts of motor vehicles, old iron, metal, glass, paper, cordage or other waste, discarded or secondhand material which has been a part or is intended to be a part of any motor vehicles, the sum of which parts or material shall be equal in bulk to two or more motor vehicles.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-761; 1952 Code Section 56-761; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-27-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-120. Annual license fee.

 In all counties of this State containing a city having more than seventy thousand population, according to the then most recent United States official census, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual license fee upon all motor vehicle junk yards which are located within fifty feet of the right of way of any state highway or county road or which shall be visible from any such highway or road, such license to be graduated according to the area occupied by each such motor vehicle junk yard at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per acre. Such license fee shall be due and payable on or before July first of each year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-762; 1952 Code Section 56-762; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-27-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-130. Furnishing of list of junk yards to county treasurer.

 The board of assessment and equalization in each such county shall furnish to the county treasurer on or before the first day of March in each year a list of all junk yards required to procure a license under this article and to pay the license fee herein imposed, together with the acreage of the area occupied by each such motor vehicle junk yard.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-763; 1952 Code Section 56-763; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-27-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-140. Payment of fee; issuance of license.

 Such license fees shall be payable to the county treasurer of the county in which the motor vehicle junk yard shall be located. Upon receipt of such fees the county treasurer shall issue to the person paying it a receipt which shall constitute the license of such person to conduct such business for the current calendar year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-764; 1952 Code Section 56-764; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-27-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-150. Collection of delinquent license fees.

 In the case of any such motor vehicle junk yard for which no license fee has been paid on or before July first of the preceding year, the county treasurer shall issue his execution to the sheriff for the collection of the license fee due hereunder, together with the same costs and penalties as are provided by law in the case of county taxes, and the sheriff shall enforce such execution and collect it in the manner provided by law for the collection of executions for county taxes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-765; 1952 Code Section 56-765; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-27-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-160. Notice to magistrate of nonpayment of license fee.

 When the county treasurer shall issue his execution to the sheriff under the provisions of Section 40-27-150, he shall also notify the magistrate having jurisdiction over the territory in which such junk yard shall lie that the license fee herein imposed has not been paid by the person operating such junk yard and such magistrate shall institute proceedings under Section 40-27-170 for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-766; 1952 Code Section 56-766; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-27-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 27 - Junk Dealers|Section 40-27-170. Penalties.

 Any person owning, operating or conducting a motor vehicle junk yard in any such county without obtaining a license, as herein provided, and paying the license fee herein levied and imposed on or before the time fixed in this article for the payment thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. Each day upon which any such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-767; 1952 Code Section 56-767; 1942 Code Section 7140-1; 1939 (41) 176, 535; 1940 (41) 1632; 1941 (42) 49.
SC Code § 40-28-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-5. Application of other provisions to this chapter.

 Unless otherwise provided for in this chapter, Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 40 applies to the profession regulated under this chapter.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.
SC Code § 40-28-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-10. Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners; creation; appointment of members; terms.

 (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.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  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.
SC Code § 40-28-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-30. Licensure; qualifications.

 (A) In order to safeguard public welfare, health, and property and to promote public good, a person practicing or offering to practice landscape architecture privately or in public service must submit evidence that he is qualified to practice and must become licensed as provided in this chapter. It is unlawful for a person to practice landscape architecture or to use the term or title "Landscape Architect" unless duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter.  (B) To be licensed as a landscape architect in this State an applicant must be able to read and write the English language and:  (1) be a graduate of an accredited landscape architectural curriculum approved by the department and have had two years of varied landscape architectural experience under the supervision of a landscape architect licensed under this chapter or other qualified person, or experience approved by the board, and satisfactorily pass the written examination administered by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards or an equivalent examination;  (2) be a graduate of a nonaccredited curriculum or a four-year college with a degree in a related field, as considered appropriate by the board and have had at least five years of varied landscape architectural experience under the supervision of a landscape architect licensed under this chapter, or other qualified person, or experience approved by the board, and satisfactorily pass the written examination administered by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards or an equivalent examination;  (3) hold a license to practice landscape architecture issued upon examination by a legally constituted board of examiners of another state or the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States and if requirements of the state, district, territory, or possession in which the applicant is licensed are substantially equivalent to those of this State; or  (4) submit certification documents from the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) verifying his qualifications for licensure, and an individual holding such a certification may be accepted at the discretion of the department.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698, Sections 2, 11, 13; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1980 Act No. 502, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1976 Code Sections 40-28-20, 40-28-110, 40-28-130.
SC Code § 40-28-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-40. Application form for licensure.

 The department shall prescribe and furnish an application for licensure that an applicant must use to apply for a license under this chapter.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698, Section 4; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899.
SC Code § 40-28-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-50. Seal of landscape architect.

 A landscape architect, upon licensure, shall obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board, bearing the name of the licensee, number of certificate or license, and the legend "South Carolina Registered Landscape Architect" or "South Carolina Licensed Landscape Architect". The seal only may be used while the licensee's certificate or license is in full force and effect. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize the use or acceptance of the seal of the landscape architect in lieu of the seal of an architect, engineer, or surveyor.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698 Section 14; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 9; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1976 Code Section 40-28-140.
SC Code § 40-28-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-60. Renewal of license; requirements; reinstatement of license after lapse; return to active practice of emeritus landscape architect.

 (A) A license issued under this chapter must be renewed every two years on or before a date set by the department upon the payment of a renewal fee pursuant to Section 40-28-80 and evidence of twenty hours of continuing education as established by the board in regulation. An emeritus landscape architect is exempt from these continuing education requirements.  (B) A licensee who allows his or her license to lapse for less than one year by failing to renew the license in accordance with this section may be reinstated by the department upon satisfactory explanation by the licensee of failure to renew the license and upon payment of a reinstatement fee and the current renewal fee, as established by Section 40-28-80.  (C) If a license has lapsed for more than two years, the applicant must reapply for licensure. A person practicing as a landscape architect in this State during the time that his or her license has lapsed has engaged in unlicensed practice and is subject to penalties provided for in this chapter.  (D) An emeritus landscape architect who wishes to return to active practice shall complete continuing education requirements for an exempted renewal period, not to exceed a total of forty hours of continuing education and upon payment of a reinstatement fee and the current renewal fee, as established by Section 40-28-80.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698 Section 20; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 14; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1976 Code Section 40-28-200.
SC Code § 40-28-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-80. Administration of licensure program by Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation; annual fees.

 (A) The program for licensure of landscape architects must be administered by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in accordance with Section 40-1-50.  (B) The department annually shall prescribe reasonable fees, not to exceed the following prescribed limits, in an amount sufficient to pay for the costs of administering the provisions of this chapter in the following categories:  (1) Initial license fee $50.00 (2) Annual license renewal fee $100.00 (3) Initial certificate of authorization fee $200.00 (4) Annual certificate of authorization renewal fee $200.00 (5) Temporary license fee $100.00 (6) Initial examination fee-cost of exam $200.00 (7) Examination retake fee-cost of section(s) $100.00 (8) File transfer fee $50.00 (9) Duplicate license/certificate fee $25.00 (10) Late fee $20.00   An additional amount not to exceed one hundred dollars may be charged each out-of-state applicant in each of the above categories.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698 Section 19; 1981 Act No. 129, Section 1; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 13; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1976 Code Section 40-28-190.
SC Code § 40-28-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-90. Promulgation of regulations by board authorized.

 The board may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698, Section 8; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1976 Code Section 40-28-80.
SC Code § 40-28-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-100. Power of board or department to seek injunctive relief.

 In addition to the powers provided in Chapter 1, Title 40, the board or department may apply in the name of the State for relief by injunction to enforce the provisions of this chapter or to restrain a violation of this section. In these proceedings, the party seeking injunctive relief need not allege or prove that no adequate remedy at law exists or that substantial or irreparable damage would result from the continued violation. A member of the board or employee of the department may not be personally liable under this proceeding.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: 1976 Act No. 698, Section 8; 1990 Act No. 372, Section 4; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 899; 1976 Code 40-28-80.
SC Code § 40-28-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-110. Investigative procedures.

 An investigation must be conducted in accordance with Section 40-1-80.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.
SC Code § 40-28-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28 - Landscape Architects|Section 40-28-120. Cease and desist orders and equitable relief.

 Cease and desist orders and equitable relief may be obtained in accordance with Section 40-1-100.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 249, Section 1, eff June 11, 2010.