H*3710(Rat #0318, Act #0274 of 2012)  General Bill, By J.E. Smith, Hayes, 
D.C. Moss and Sandifer

Similar(S 1107)
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 40-1-77 SO AS TO PROVIDE A BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT REGULATES THE LICENSURE OF
 A PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION UNDER TITLE 40 MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR A
 PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION IT REGULATES TO THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER
 OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING THIS LICENSE, TO PROVIDE TIME LIMITS ON THE
 VALIDITY OF THIS LICENSE, AND TO PROVIDE THE LICENSE MAY NOT BE RENEWED. -
 ratified title

   02/17/11  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 6)
   02/17/11  House  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (House Journal-page 6)
   03/03/11  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hayes,
                     D.C.Moss, Sandifer
   04/18/12  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor,
                     Commerce and Industry (House Journal-page 4)
   04/24/12  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Lowe, Crawford,
                     Southard, Toole, Atwater, Frye, Bedingfield,
                     Thayer, Long, Putnam (House Journal-page 43)
   04/25/12  House  Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Bedingfield,
                     GR Smith, Long, Putnam, Thayer, Atwater, Lowe,
                     Toole (House Journal-page 36)
   04/26/12  House  Amended (House Journal-page 130)
   04/26/12  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 130)
   04/26/12  House  Roll call Yeas-96  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 132)
   04/26/12  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day (House Journal-page 133)
   04/27/12  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments (House Journal-page 4)
   05/01/12  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   05/01/12  Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 7)
   05/09/12  Senate Polled out of committee Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 9)
   05/09/12  Senate Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and
                     Industry (Senate Journal-page 9)
   05/15/12  Senate Amended (Senate Journal-page 36)
   05/15/12  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 36)
   05/15/12  Senate Roll call Ayes-33  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 36)
   05/16/12  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments (Senate Journal-page 14)
   05/22/12  House  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
                     (House Journal-page 21)
   05/22/12  House  Roll call Yeas-0  Nays-96 (House Journal-page 22)
   05/29/12  Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed Lourie, Bryant, and Massey
                     (Senate Journal-page 8)
   05/30/12  House  Conference committee appointed Sandifer, Toole,
                     JE Smith (House Journal-page 4)
   06/21/12  House  Conference report received and adopted
                     (House Journal-page 225)
   06/21/12  House  Roll call Yeas-89  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 227)
   06/21/12  Senate Conference report adopted (Senate Journal-page 100)
   06/21/12  Senate Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 100)
   06/21/12  Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification
   06/22/12         Ratified R 318
   06/26/12         Signed By Governor
   07/02/12         Effective date 06/26/12
   07/09/12         Act No. 274

(A274, R318, H3710)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-1-77 SO AS TO PROVIDE A BOARD OR COMMISSION THAT REGULATES THE LICENSURE OF A PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION UNDER TITLE 40 MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR A PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION IT REGULATES TO THE SPOUSE OF AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING THIS LICENSE, TO PROVIDE TIME LIMITS ON THE VALIDITY OF THIS LICENSE, AND TO PROVIDE THE LICENSE MAY NOT BE RENEWED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Temporary professional licenses for military spouses

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 40-1-77.    (A)    A board or commission that regulates the licensure of a profession or occupation under Title 40 may issue a temporary professional license for a profession or occupation it regulates to the spouse of an active duty member of the United States Armed Forces if the member is assigned to a duty station in this State pursuant to the official active duty military orders of the member.

(B)(1)    A person seeking a temporary professional license under subsection (A) shall submit an application to the board or commission from which it is seeking the temporary license on forms the board or commission shall create and provide. In addition to general personal information about the applicant, the application must include proof that the:

(a)    applicant is married to a member of the United States Armed Forces who is on active duty;

(b)    applicant holds a valid license issued by another state, the District of Columbia, a possession or territory of the United States, or a foreign jurisdiction for the profession for which temporary licensure is sought;

(c)    applicant holds the license in subitem (b) in 'good standing' as evidenced by a certificate of good standing from the state, possession or territory of the United States, or foreign jurisdiction that issued the license;

(d)(i)    applicant submitted at his expense to a fingerprint-based background check conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division to determine if the applicant has a criminal history in this State and a fingerprint-based background check conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine if the person has other criminal history, and the official results of these checks must be provided to the board or commission to which application for temporary licensure is made; and

(ii)    the provisions of this subitem only apply if a similar background check is required to obtain ordinary licensure in the profession or occupation for which temporary licensure is sought by the applicant; and

(e)    spouse of the applicant is assigned to a duty station in this State pursuant to the official active duty military orders of the member.

(C)    A temporary license issued under this section expires one year from the date of issue and may not be renewed."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 22nd day of June, 2012.

Approved the 26th day of June, 2012.