South Carolina § 40-8-20 - Perpetual Care Cemetery Board; creation.
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§ 40-8-20. Perpetual Care Cemetery Board; creation.
For the purposes of administering this chapter, there is established a South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board with the power and duty to promulgate regulations, approved by the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, to carry out this chapter as provided for by Section 40-1-10.
Cemeteries, burial grounds, and any agreement or contract which has for a purpose the furnishing or delivering of a person, property, or merchandise of any nature in connection with the final disposition of a dead human body, must be subject to sufficient regulation by the State to ensure that sound business practices are followed by all entities subject to this chapter.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 322, SECTION 10A.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-8-20 ("Perpetual Care Cemetery Board; creation.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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