South Carolina § 40-63-630 - Construction and severability.
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§ 40-63-630. Construction and severability.
(A) This compact and the commission's rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be construed to limit the commission's rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.
(B) The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, a state seeking participation in the compact, or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.
(C) Notwithstanding subsection (B), the commission may deny a state's participation in the compact or, in accordance with the requirements of Section 40-63-620(B), terminate a member state's participation in the compact, if it determines that a constitutional requirement of a member state is, or would be with respect to a state seeking to participate in the compact, a material departure from the compact. Otherwise, if this compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any member state, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining member states and in full force and effect as to the member state affected as to all severable matters.
HISTORY: 2025 Act No. 66 (H.3752), SECTION 2, eff May 22, 2025.
Editor's Note
2025 Act No. 66, SECTION 1, provides as follows:
"SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Social Work Interstate Compact Act.'"
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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