(A) The purpose of the Division of Professional and Occupational Licensing, South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, is to protect the public through the regulation of professional and occupational licensees and the administration of boards charged with the regulation of professional and occupational practitioners.
(B) The following boards and the professions and occupations they license or otherwise regulate must be administered by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation pursuant to this article:
Board of Accountancy
Board of Architectural Examiners
Athletic Commission
Auctioneers Commission
Board of Barber Examiners
Accessibility Committee of the Building Codes Council
Building Code Council
Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Contractors' Licensing Board
Board of Cosmetology
Board of Dentistry
Engineers and Land Surveyors Board
Environmental Certification Board
Board of Registration for Foresters
Board of Funeral Service
Board of Registration for Geologists
Manufactured Housing Board
Board of Medical Examiners
Modular Buildings Board of Appeals
Board of Nursing
Long Term Health Care Administrators Board
Board of Occupational Therapy
Board of Examiners in Opticianry
Board of Examiners in Optometry
Board of Pharmacy
Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
Pilotage Commission
Board of Podiatry Examiners
Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors and Marital and Family Therapists
Board of Examiners in Psychology
Board of Pyrotechnic Safety
Real Estate Appraisers Board
Real Estate Commission
Residential Builders Commission
Board of Social Work Examiners
Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
(C) Each regulatory board within the department is a separate board.
(D) The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is a member of the Governor's executive cabinet and must be headed by a director who must be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, subject to removal from office by the Governor pursuant to Section 1-3-240(B). The director shall supervise the department under the direction and control of the Governor and shall exercise other powers and perform other duties as the Governor requires.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 2.