South Carolina § 40-80-30 - Registration, maintenance, and availability of information.
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§ 40-80-30. Registration, maintenance, and availability of information.
(A) No later than sixty days after the start of his employment date as a paid or volunteer firefighter, each firefighter must be registered with the Office of the State Fire Marshal by his fire chief or other employer. The criminal background check required by Section 40-80-20 must be conducted before registration.
(B) The Office of the State Fire Marshal must maintain a file on each registered firefighter in this State, that includes all information required to be kept by this chapter, and must assign a firefighter identification number to each registered firefighter which corresponds with the firefighter's social security number.
(C) Upon request the information in the file of an individual firefighter may be released in its entirety to a potential employer as defined in this chapter and may be used as a basis for employment. The requesting department or employer must maintain this information in a confidential manner.
(D) Any registered firefighter may at any time request and obtain a copy of his file. An unofficial version of a firefighter's file is available at no cost by way of secured web addresses. The fee for an official copy of a firefighter's transcript is three dollars payable to the Office of State Fire Marshal. The fee for a reprinted certificate is five dollars payable to the Office of State Fire Marshal.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 60, SECTION 1; 2022 Act No. 170 (S.460), SECTION 11, eff May 16, 2022.
Effect of Amendment
2022 Act No. 170, SECTION 11, rewrote (D).
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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