South Carolina § 40-19-250 Continuing education program; persons exempt.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 40-19-250 — Continuing education program; persons exempt.

South Carolina § 40-19-250

Title 40PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Ch. 19EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 40-19-250 (2026).

Text

The board shall develop in regulation a continuing education program and each licensee must attend a minimum of four credit hours annually, of which one credit hour must be an ethics in funeral service course. This continuing education program must be offered, at a minimum, four times a year at locations easily accessible to participants. Three of the four required hours must be available through correspondence courses, with at least two of the four hours requiring the physical attendance of the licensee. This continuing education requirement does not apply to a person who is not the manager of record of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary if the person has been licensed for thirty or more years and is sixty years old or older.

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The board shall develop in regulation a continuing education program and each licensee must attend a minimum of four credit hours annually, of which one credit hour must be an ethics in funeral service course. This continuing education program must be offered, at a minimum, four times a year at locations easily accessible to participants. Three of the four required hours must be available through correspondence courses, with at least two of the four hours requiring the physical attendance of the licensee. This continuing education requirement does not apply to a person who is not the manager of record of a funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary if the person has been licensed for thirty or more years and is sixty years old or older.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 380, SECTION 1; 2024 Act No. 223 (H.4116), SECTION 15, eff July 1, 2024. Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 223, SECTION 15, rewrote the section.