South Carolina § 50-21-90 - Boating safety and educational program.
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§ 50-21-90. Boating safety and educational program.
(A) The department must administer a boating safety education course and may approve of additional boating safety education courses. A list of approved courses must be provided on the department's website.
(B) The following persons must be issued a South Carolina boating safety certificate in both physical and electronic forms by the department:
(1) a person who successfully completes a boating safety education course administered or approved by the department;
(2) a person who provides satisfactory proof to the department that the person was issued a boating safety certificate, or an equivalency, by another state; and (3) a person who provides satisfactory proof to the department that the person was issued a license to operate a vessel by the United States Coast Guard or was issued a merchant mariner credential by the United States Coast Guard.
(C) The department must approve of one or more boat rental safety education courses to be taken by persons renting a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from businesses engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts. A person who completes a boat rental safety education course approved by the department must be issued a boat rental safety certificate in either electronic or physical form in the person's name. A boat rental safety certificate is valid for thirty days from the date of issuance and only while operating a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from a business engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts.
(D) The department must maintain a database of all persons issued a South Carolina boating safety certificate.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 70-295.7; 1955 (49) 299; 1959 (51) 409; 1972 (57) 2791; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1269; 2023 Act No. 74 (S.96), SECTION 2, eff August 18, 2023.
Effect of Amendment
2023 Act No. 74, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 50-21-90 ("Boating safety and educational program.") 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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