South Carolina § 40-60-530 - Voluntary surrender of registration; public disclosure.

§ 40-60-530. Voluntary surrender of registration; public disclosure.

A registrant under investigation for a violation of this article or a regulation promulgated under this article may voluntarily surrender his registration to practice, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 40-1-150. A person whose registration is voluntarily surrendered may not practice or represent himself as authorized to practice until the board takes final action in the pending disciplinary matter. The voluntary surrender of a registration is subject to public disclosure pursuant to Chapter 4, Title 30. The board has discretion to credit time that an authorization has been surrendered toward a period of suspension or other restriction of practice.

HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 32 (S.279), SECTION 1, eff May 10, 2017.

Editor's Note

2017 Act No. 32, SECTION 5, provides as follows:

"SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. In the event that a registration process is unavailable upon the effective date of this act, an appraisal management company already conducting business in this State may continue to conduct business until one hundred twenty days after a registration process becomes available."