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SC Code § 40-2-335 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-335. Performance according to professional standards; misleading professional or firm names.

 (A) Licensed certified public accountants/public accountants performing or supervising the performance of attest or compilation services must provide those services in accordance with professional standards.  (B) A person holding a license or firm holding a registration under this chapter must not use a professional or firm name or designation that is misleading about the legal form of the firm, or about the persons who are partners, officers, members, managers, or shareholders of the firm or about any other matter; however, names of one or more former owners, partners, members, managers, or shareholders may be included in the name of a firm or its successor.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-340. Disclaimer.

 An accounting practitioner or firm of accounting practitioners is permitted to associate his or the firm's name with compiled financial statements as defined by Professional Standards for Accounting and Review Services, provided a disclaimer is used that complies with the most recent version of the statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a statement in the report that provides:  "I (we) have not audited or reviewed the accompanying financial statements and I am (we are) prohibited by law from expressing an opinion on them".  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1; 2019 Act No. 68 (H.3785), Section 8, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 68, Section 8, rewrote the section, removing the existing boilerplate language required and instead providing that such disclaimers must comply with certain national standards.
SC Code § 40-2-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-510. Persons considered to be engaged in practice.

 A person, firm, or professional association not exempt under Section 40-2-530 is considered to be engaged in the practice of offering to render and rendering to the public the services which are regulated by this article if the person, firm, or professional association:  (1) offers to prospective clients in South Carolina to perform for compensation one or more of these services:  (a) the development, recording, analysis, or presentation of financial information including, but not limited to, the preparation of financial statements; or  (b) advice or assistance in regard to accounting controls, systems, and procedures; and  (2) in any manner holds himself or itself out to the public in South Carolina as skilled in one or more of the types of services described in item (1).  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-520. Unlicensed practice.

 (A) No professional association, person, or partnership, other than a person or partnership holding a permit to practice issued pursuant to this article, may engage in the practice defined in Section 40-2-510 unless he or it plainly indicates on all signs, cards, letterheads, advertisements, and directories used to disclose his or its practice or business that he or it does not hold a license to practice under this article.  (B) No professional association, person, or partnership, other than a person or partnership holding a permit to practice issued pursuant to this article, may assume or use the title or designation "Accounting Practitioner" or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviation, sign, card, or device tending to indicate that the person is an accounting practitioner or that the partnership is composed of accounting practitioners or that the person, partnership, or professional association is authorized under this article to engage in the practice defined under Section 40-2-510.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-530. Exemptions.

 Nothing contained in this article:  (1) applies to a certified public accountant or public accountant who holds a license to practice issued under the law of South Carolina and no provision of this article applies to a partnership of certified public accountants or public accountants which holds a permit to practice issued under South Carolina authority;  (2) applies to a person, firm, or professional association which plainly indicates on all signs, cards, letterheads, advertisements, and directories used to disclose his or its practice or business that he or it does not hold a license to practice under this article;  (3) prohibits a person from serving as an employee of a person, partnership, or professional association if the employee does not engage in the practice defined in Section 40-2-510 on his own account;  (4) prohibits a person, partnership, or professional association from offering to prepare or from preparing a tax return with respect to taxes imposed by a governmental authority, whether federal, state, or local, and this article does not prevent a person from advising clients in connection with tax matters;  (5) prohibits a person, partnership, or professional association holding a license or permit issued by another state, territory, or the District of Columbia, which authorizes the person, partnership, or professional association to engage in the other jurisdiction in the type of practice described in Section 40-2-510, from temporarily practicing in this State as an incident to his or its regular practice outside of this State if the temporary practice is conducted in conformity with the rules of ethical conduct promulgated by the board;  (6) applies to the affixing of the signature or name of an officer, employee, partner, or principal of an organization to a statement or report in reference to the financial affairs of the organization with wording designating the position, title, or office which he holds in the organization, and the provisions of this article do not apply to an act of a public official or public employee in the performance of his duties;  (7) applies to the offering or rendering of data processing services by mechanical or electronic means or to the offering or rendering of services in connection with the operation, sale, lease, rental, or installation of mechanical or electronic bookkeeping or data processing equipment or to the sale, lease, rental, or installation of this equipment.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-540. Authority of board.

 The South Carolina Board of Accountancy shall examine, license, and discipline accounting practitioners. The board may charge a reasonable fee for examinations, not exceeding the fee charged for certified public accountants' examinations.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-550. Applicant qualifications.

 In order to be eligible for licensing under this article as an accounting practitioner, an applicant may not hold another license granted under this chapter and must:  (1) not have any history of dishonest or felonious acts;  (2) be a resident of this State or have a place of business in this State, or as an employee, be regularly employed in this State;  (3) be at least eighteen years of age; and  (4) meet these requirements:  (a) pass an examination approved by the board, which is designed to test the applicant's basic knowledge of the subjects described in Section 40-2-510(1) and which may consist of parts of the examination administered to certified public accountant applicants or another examination as the board may prescribe; and  (b) have a bachelor's degree with a major in accounting as determined by the board from a four-year college or university accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or from a college or university having equivalent standards as determined by the board;  (5) surrenders, if licensed and holds a current annual permit to practice in this State as a certified public accountant or public accountant, his license and permit to practice as a certified public accountant or public accountant upon being licensed as an accounting practitioner.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 92, Section 2; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-560. Issuance of licenses.

 (A) Licenses must be issued by the board to persons satisfying the requirements of Section 40-2-550 upon the payment of a license fee in an amount to be determined by the board.  (B) A licensee must file an application for renewal in accordance with Section 40-2-250.  (C) A partnership, firm, or registrant must file an application in accordance with Section 40-2-40 and Section 40-2-255.  (D) Partnerships, without payment of a permit fee, which meet the following standards:  (1) at least one general partner must be an accounting practitioner of this State in good standing;  (2) each partner must be lawfully engaged in the practice, as defined in Section 40-2-520, in a state of the United States;  (3) each resident manager in charge of an office must be an accounting practitioner of this State in good standing.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2000 Act No. 274, Section 4; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1; 2015 Act No. 51 (S.301), Section 9, eff June 3, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 51, Section 9, in (C), added the reference to Section 40-2-40.
SC Code § 40-2-570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-570. Disciplinary action.

 (A) After notice and hearing pursuant to Section 40-2-310 the board may revoke a license or permit as accounting practitioner issued under this article; suspend a license or permit for a period of not more than five years; reprimand, censure, or limit the scope of practice of a license or permit holder; impose an administrative fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars; or place a license or permit holder on probation, all with or without terms, conditions, and limitation for any one or more of these reasons:  (1) fraud or deceit in obtaining a license or permit;  (2) cancellation, revocation, or suspension of, or refusal to renew authority to engage in the practice of public accountancy in another state, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia for any cause;  (3) revocation or suspension of the right to practice before a state or federal agency;  (4) dishonesty, fraud, or gross negligence in the practice of public accounting or in filing or failure to file the license or permit holder's own income tax return;  (5) violation of a provision of this article or Article 1 or a regulation promulgated by the board under the authority granted by this chapter;  (6) violation of a rule of professional conduct promulgated by the board under the authority granted by this chapter;  (7) conviction of a felony or any crime, an element of which is dishonesty or fraud, under the laws of the United States, of this State, or another state if the acts involved would have constituted a crime under the laws of this State. The record of conviction or a copy of the record, certified by the clerk of court or the judge in whose court the conviction is had, is conclusive evidence of the conviction and "conviction" shall include a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere;  (8) performance of a fraudulent act while holding a license or permit under this article; or  (9) conduct reflecting adversely upon the license or permit holder's fitness to engage in the practice of public accountancy.  (B) In lieu of or in addition to a remedy specifically provided in subsection (A), the board may require one or more of these requirements of a license or permit holder:  (1) a quality review conducted in a fashion as the board may require; or  (2) satisfactory completion of continuing professional education programs as the board may specify.  A "quality review" means a study, appraisal, or review of one or more aspects of the professional work of a person or firm in the practice of public accountancy by a person or persons who hold certificates or licenses and who are not affiliated with the person or firm being reviewed.  (C) In a proceeding in which a remedy imposed by subsections (A) and (B) is imposed, the board also may require the respondent license or permit holder to pay the costs of the proceeding.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-580. Initiation of proceedings; procedures.

 The board may initiate proceedings under this article on its own motion or on the complaint of a person, and the procedures provided in Article 1 for these proceedings are applicable and binding in procedures under this article.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-590. Violations; penalty.

 A person who violates a provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than twenty days or more than sixty days. Each violation constitutes a separate offense and each day's violation constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-2-600 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 2 - Accountants|Section 40-2-600. Partnerships between public accountants and accounting practitioners.

 Nothing contained in this article may be construed to prohibit the formation of partnerships by and between public accountants and accounting practitioners if all members of the partnerships and all resident managers of offices of the partnerships are licensed under this chapter as public accountants or accounting practitioners and if the partnerships apply for an annual permit in the manner prescribed in this article for other partnerships.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-3-5 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-5. Applicability of professional licensing statutes.

 Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, Article 1, Chapter 1 applies to architects; however, if there is a conflict between this chapter and Article 1, Chapter 1, the provisions of this chapter control.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-10. Board of Architectural Examiners created.

 (A) There is created the Board of Architectural Examiners under the administration of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The purpose of this board is to regulate the practice of architecture in South Carolina.  (B) The Board of Architectural Examiners consists of six persons. One must be a professor of architecture in a university or college controlled by the State who also must be an architect registered in the State of South Carolina, four must be architects engaged in the practice of architecture in this State, and one must be a representative of the general public. Members serve terms of five years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. No member may serve more than two consecutive full terms, except the professor of architecture member. Vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.  (C) Nominations for appointment to the board may be submitted to the Governor from the board or any individual, group, or association.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1917 (30) 198; Civ. C. '22 Section 2879; 1922 (32) 823; 1932 Code Section 7056; 1942 Code Section 7056; 1952 Code Section 56-52; 1962 Code Section 56-52; 1971 (57) 858; 1984 Act No. 503, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 446, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-3-30.
SC Code § 40-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-30. Licensing, certificate of authorization, and registration requirements.

 (A) No individual may engage in the practice of architecture without a license issued in accordance with this chapter. An individual is considered to engage in the practice of or offer to engage in the practice of architecture who in any manner represents himself to be an architect or who performs or holds himself out as able to perform any architectural service or other services recognized by educational authorities as architecture.  (B) Only an individual licensed under this chapter may use the title "architect". An individual assuming the title of architect or engaging in the practice of architecture in this State must be skilled in the principles of design and construction so that the individual may be entrusted with the design and review of construction of buildings without undue risk to the public safety. Before assuming the title "architect" or undertaking the work, the individual shall have a certificate of registration from the board.  (C) A firm offering to engage in the practice of architecture in this State must have a certificate of authorization issued by the board before undertaking architectural work. Each firm must employ one or more architects registered in this State who are designated as being in full authority and responsible charge of the architectural practice. Additionally, all personnel of the firm who act in its behalf as architects in this State must be registered under this chapter and must hold a current registration. If there is a change in ownership, management, or the architect in responsible charge during the year, the change must be filed with the board within thirty days.  (D) It is unlawful for an individual or firm to engage in the practice of architecture in this State, to use the title "architect", or to use or display any title, sign, word, card, advertisement, or other device or method to indicate that the individual or firm engages in or offers to engage in the practice of architecture or is an architect, without being registered as an architect or firm.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1917 (30) 198; Civ. C. '22 Section 2878; 1922 (32) 823; 1932 Code Section 7055; 1942 Code Section 7055; 1952 Code Section 56-51; 1957 (50) 258; 1962 Code Section 56-51; 1966 (54) 2161; 1984 Act No. 503, Section 1; 1976 Code Section 40-3-20.
SC Code § 40-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-50. Administrative support for board; fees.

 (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 board in accordance with Section 40-1-50.  (B) Fees for examination, licensure, renewal, and other assessments must be established by the board in regulation. Applicants must be notified of the fee amount before payment.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-3-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-60. Adoption of rules governing board proceedings; officers; promulgation of regulations; seal.

 (A) The board may adopt rules governing its proceedings and shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and secretary who shall serve a term of one year. The board may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and shall adopt a seal with which all of its official documents must be sealed.  (B) The board may advise and recommend action to the department in the development of statutory revisions and other matters as the department may request in regard to the administration of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1; 2018 Act No. 138 (H.3649), Section 1, eff March 12, 2018.  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 138, Section 1, inserted the paragraph identifiers; in (A), substituted "vice chairman" for "vice-chairman" and "all of its official documents" for "all its official documents"; and added (B).
SC Code § 40-3-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-70. Additional powers and duties of board.

 In addition to the powers and duties provided for in this chapter, the board has those powers and duties set forth in Section 40-1-70.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-3-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-80. Investigation of fitness to practice or complaint charging violation; power of board to issue subpoenas and administer oaths.

 (A) If the director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or the board has reason to believe that an individual or firm has become unfit to engage in the practice of architecture or has violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter or if an individual files a written complaint with the board or the director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, charging an individual or firm with the violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated under this chapter, the director or board may initiate an investigation.  (B) The board or a member of the board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and also may administer oaths, take testimony, hear proofs, and receive exhibits in evidence for all purposes required in the discharge of duties under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-3-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-90. Hearings.

 Any hearing that is conducted as a result of an investigation must be conducted in accordance with Section 40-1-90.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.
SC Code § 40-3-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-100. Enjoining violations of chapter.

 In addition to other remedies provided in this chapter or Article 1, Chapter 1, the board in accordance with Section 40-1-100 also 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.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws:1957 (50) 258; 1962 Code Section 56-62.1; 1984 Act No. 503, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 856; 1976 Code Section 40-3-140.
SC Code § 40-3-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 40 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 3 - Architects|Section 40-3-110. Restriction of authorization to practice.

 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.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 424, Section 1.