South Carolina Statutes
§ 40-8-20 — Perpetual Care Cemetery Board; creation.
South Carolina § 40-8-20
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 40PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Ch. 8SOUTH CAROLINA PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY ACT
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 40-8-20 (2026).
Text
For the purposes of administering this chapter, there is established a South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board with the power and duty to promulgate regulations, approved by the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, to carry out this chapter as provided for by Section 40-1-10. Cemeteries, burial grounds, and any agreement or contract which has for a purpose the furnishing or delivering of a person, property, or merchandise of any nature in connection with the final disposition of a dead human body, must be subject to sufficient regulation by the State to ensure that sound business practices are followed by all entities subject to this chapter.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, SECTION 10A.
Nearby Sections
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§ 40-8-10
Short title.§ 40-8-120
Land requirements; conveyance and use of excess contiguous lands; transfer to municipality.§ 40-8-140
Cemetery signs.§ 40-8-150
Disciplinary action; grounds.§ 40-8-170
Voluntary surrender of license.§ 40-8-180
Appeal.§ 40-8-210
Licensing of existing cemeteries.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 40-8-20, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/8/40-8-20.