South Carolina § 40-8-40 Licensure requirements, "Perpetual Care" and "No Perpetual Care" designations.

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§ 40-8-40 — Licensure requirements, "Perpetual Care" and "No Perpetual Care" designations.

South Carolina § 40-8-40

Title 40PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Ch. 8SOUTH CAROLINA PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY ACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 40-8-40 (2026).

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No entity may engage in the business of operating a perpetual care cemetery company, except as authorized by this chapter, without first obtaining a license from the board. A license issued under this chapter is not transferable or assignable and a licensee may not develop or operate a perpetual care cemetery authorized by this chapter under a name or a location other than that contained in the license. No entity may hold itself out to be a perpetual care cemetery without an authorization to operate as such by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board. Those cemeteries which furnish perpetual care to some portions and no perpetual care to other portions shall identify the appropriate sections of the cemetery at application and shall designate each section by a sign on the premises. 

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No entity may engage in the business of operating a perpetual care cemetery company, except as authorized by this chapter, without first obtaining a license from the board. A license issued under this chapter is not transferable or assignable and a licensee may not develop or operate a perpetual care cemetery authorized by this chapter under a name or a location other than that contained in the license. No entity may hold itself out to be a perpetual care cemetery without an authorization to operate as such by the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board. Those cemeteries which furnish perpetual care to some portions and no perpetual care to other portions shall identify the appropriate sections of the cemetery at application and shall designate each section by a sign on the premises. Portions designated "Perpetual Care" may not be changed to "No Perpetual Care" once the designation is made.