Bill 3449

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3449
Ratification Number:            125
Act Number:                     70
Primary Sponsor:                Townsend
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Funeral Service Board
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   Apr 30, 1991
Computer Document Number:       3449
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      May 23, 1991
Introduced Date:                Feb 07, 1991
Date of Last Amendment:         Mar 21, 1991
Last History Body:              ------
Last History Date:              May 23, 1991
Last History Type:              Act No. 70
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Townsend
                                Cooper
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 3449  ------  May 23, 1991  Act No. 70
 3449  ------  May 23, 1991  Signed by Governor
 3449  ------  May 21, 1991  Ratified R 125
 3449  Senate  Apr 30, 1991  Read third time, enrolled for
                             ratification
 3449  Senate  Apr 29, 1991  Read second time
 3449  Senate  Apr 25, 1991  Committee Report: Favorable     08
 3449  Senate  Mar 26, 1991  Introduced, read first time,    08
                             referred to Committee
 3449  House   Mar 22, 1991  Read third time, sent to
                             Senate
 3449  House   Mar 21, 1991  Amended, read second time,
                             unanimous consent for third
                             reading on next legislative
                             day
 3449  House   Mar 20, 1991  Committee Report: Favorable     27
                             with amendment
 3449  House   Feb 07, 1991  Introduced, read first time,    27
                             referred to Committee

(A70, R125, H3449)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF FUNERAL SERVICE AND TO REQUIRE CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LICENSEES, SO AS TO EXEMPT FROM THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT PERSONS WHO ARE NOT THE MANAGER OF RECORD OF A FUNERAL HOME, FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT, OR MORTUARY WHO HAVE BEEN LICENSED THIRTY OR MORE YEARS OR WHO HAVE ATTAINED AGE SIXTY, TO DELETE SURPLUS LANGUAGE, AND TO EXEMPT ALL LICENSEES FROM THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT UNTIL THE BOARD OFFERS CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES.

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

Continuing education

SECTION 1. The last paragraph of Section 40-19-90 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 592 of 1990, is amended to read:

"The board shall develop a continuing education program to require each licensee to receive a minimum of three credit hours annually to sustain competency and to remain current. 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 who has been licensed for thirty or more years or who has attained the age of sixty years. This continuing education program must be offered, at a minimum, four times a year at locations easily accessible to participants and must be available through correspondence courses. The board shall develop a continuing education program to require each affected licensee to receive a minimum of three credit hours annually to sustain competency and to remain current."

Continuing education

SECTION 2. No licensee of the South Carolina State Board of Funeral Service is required to meet the continuing education requirement of Section 40-19-90 of the 1976 Code until the board makes available correspondence courses to meet the requirement.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 1991.