S.C. Code § 11-5-210

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 11-5-210 - Licensing fees and other income of Professional and Occupational Licensing Agencies

(A) Except for the provisions of Sections 27-32-200, et seq., relating to the Vacation Time Sharing Recovery Fund, all revenues and income from licenses, examination fees, sale of commodities and services, and income derived from any other board or commission source or activity of the following boards and commissions for which General Fund appropriations are made in all general appropriations acts must be remitted to the State Treasurer as collected when practicable, but at least once each week and must be credited to the General Fund of the State:

South Carolina Board of Accountancy

State Board of Architectural Examiners

South Carolina Auctioneers' Commission

State Board of Barber Examiners

State Cemetery Board

South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners

State Licensing Board for Contractors

State Board of Cosmetology

South Carolina State Board of Dentistry

State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

South Carolina Board of Certification of Environmental Systems Operators

State Board of Registration for Foresters

South Carolina State Board of Funeral Services

State Board of Registration for Geologists

State Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners

State Board of Medical Examiners

State Board of Nursing for South Carolina

State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators and Community

Residential Care Facility Administrators

South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy

South Carolina Board of Examiners in Opticianry

South Carolina Board of Examiners in Optometry

Board of Pharmacy

State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners

Board of Podiatry Examiners

State Board of Examiners for Professional Counselors, Associate Counselors, and Marital and Family Therapists

State Board of Examiners in Psychology

Real Estate Commission of South Carolina

South Carolina Residential Home Builders Commission

South Carolina State Board of Examiners for Registered Sanitarians

State Board of Social Work Examiners

State Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers

State Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology

South Carolina State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

(B) The agencies listed in this section whose revenue and income are collected on a two-year basis, for the purposes of this provision, may average their income for the appropriate fiscal years.

(C) All assessments, fees, and licenses must be levied in an amount sufficient to at least equal the amount appropriated annually in the general appropriations act for those boards and commissions.

(D) The boards and commissions listed in subsection (A) are known as Professional and Occupational Licensing Agencies (POLA).

S.C. Code § 11-5-210

1993 Act No. 181, Section 1617(F); 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 6D(1); 1991 Act No. 171, Part II, Section 13; 1990 Act No. 494, Section 1; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 5; 1981 Act No. 178, Part II, Section 3.

1992 Act No. 535, Section 1, eff May 4, 1992, provides as follows:

"SECTION 1. Professional and Licensing Agencies (POLA's) as specified in Section 11-5-210 of the 1976 Code may establish special comptroller general accounts for crediting testing fees received in excess of amounts appropriated to these agencies before July 1, 1992, for test expenses. Funds credited to these accounts may be used only to pay test expenses. Any account balance at the close of the fiscal year must be remitted to the general fund of the State. These accounts must be designated 'earmarked other fund accounts' and funds credited to these accounts must be expended according to the JARC process. These accounts may not be used to defer revenue."