South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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S. 426

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Alexander
Document Path: l:\s-res\tca\019temp.kmm.tca.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Licensure

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 308)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 308)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/12/2021

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A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 1, TITLE 40 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO BOARD REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS, BY ADDING SECTION 40-1-75, TO PROVIDE THAT TEMPORARY LICENSES ISSUED DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY EXPIRE THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY OR, IF THE GOVERNOR ISSUES A SERIES OF STATES OF EMERGENCY, THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE LAST STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND TO ALLOW THE GOVERNOR TO EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE EXPIRATION OF A TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY DAYS IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT AN EXTENSION.

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 40-1-75.    (A)    A board or commission that regulates the licensure of a profession or occupation pursuant to this title that issues a temporary professional license in response to the exigencies associated with an event resulting in the Governor declaring a state of emergency expires thirty days after the expiration of the Governor's declaration.

    (B)    If the Governor issues a series of declarations of a state of emergency in response to the event, then the temporary license shall expire thirty days after the final declaration expires.

    (C)    The Governor may, by executive order, extend a temporary license by an additional thirty days if he determines that the circumstances warrant an extension."

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

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