South Carolina § 6-8-70 - Duration of certificates; renewal; continuing education requirements; funding.
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§ 6-8-70. Duration of certificates; renewal; continuing education requirements; funding.
(A) All registrations, except provisional, expire on July first of each odd-numbered year unless renewed before that date. Renewal of a registration must be based upon a determination by council of the applicant's participation in approved continuing education. The council may promulgate regulations setting forth the continuing education requirements for a registrant. A person failing to renew registration by the expiration date may not practice until registered in accordance with this chapter and shall qualify in the manner provided for new registrants.
(B) Funding for the certification, training, and continuing education of building code enforcement officers employed by local jurisdictions must be appropriated to the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation in the manner provided in Section 38-7-35.
(C) Certification, training, and continuing education of building code enforcement officers providing inspection services to local jurisdictions on a contractual basis do not qualify for funding as provided in subsection (B).
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 123, SECTION 3; 2009 Act No. 20, SECTION 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 20, 2009).
Effect of Amendment
The 2009 amendment rewrote subsection (A); in subsection (B), added "employed by local jurisdictions"; and added subsection (C) relating to local jurisdictions.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-8-70 ("Duration of certificates; renewal; continuing education requirements; funding.") 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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