2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 30 - MASSAGE/BODYWORK PRACTICE ACT
Section 40-30-310. Violation of chapter; civil penalties.

(A) It is unlawful for an individual to:

(1) hold himself or herself out as a massage/bodywork therapist unless licensed pursuant to this chapter;

(2) allow an employed individual to practice massage/bodywork unless licensed pursuant to this chapter;

(3) present as his or her own the license of another;

(4) allow the use of his or her license by an unlicensed individual;

(5) give false or forged evidence to the department in obtaining a license pursuant to this chapter;

(6) falsely impersonate another license holder;

(7) use or attempt to use a license that has been revoked;

(8) otherwise violate a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter.

(B) The department may institute civil action in the circuit court, in the name of the State, for injunctive relief against an individual violating a provision of this chapter or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter or an order of the department or the panel. For each violation, the court may impose a fine of no more than one thousand dollars.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 387, Section 1; 2013 Act No. 41, Section 7, eff June 7, 2013.

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A)(6), deleted from the end "of like or different name"; added at the end of subsection (A)(8) "or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter"; in subsection (B), deleted "disciplinary" before "panel"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.