South Carolina § 12-28-1150 - Fingerprinting provisions; exemptions.
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§ 12-28-1150. Fingerprinting provisions; exemptions.
Applicants, including corporate officers, partners, and individuals, for a license issued by the director, may be required to submit their fingerprints to the department at the time of applying. Officers of publicly-held corporations and their subsidiaries are exempt from this fingerprinting provision. Persons, other than applicants for an importer's license, who possessed licenses issued under a predecessor statute continuously for three years before the effective date of this chapter also are exempt from this provision. Fingerprints required by this section must be submitted on forms prescribed by the department. The department may forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other agency for processing all fingerprints submitted by license applicants. The receiving agency shall issue its findings to the department. The license application fee must be used to pay the cost of the investigation. The department or another state agency may maintain a file of fingerprints.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 136, SECTION 2; 1996 Act No. 461, SECTION 4N.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 12-28-1150 ("Fingerprinting provisions; exemptions.") 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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