2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 40 - Professions and Occupations
CHAPTER 67 - SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
Section 40-67-240. Issuance of license upon satisfaction of all requirements; personal right; display of license; title; duplicate license.
(A) If an applicant satisfies all licensure requirements as provided for in this chapter, the board shall issue a license to the applicant. A license is a personal right and not transferable, and the issuance of a license is evidence that the person is entitled to all rights and privileges of a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist, or of an assistant or intern while the license remains current and unrestricted. However, the license is the property of the State and upon suspension or revocation immediately must be returned to the board.
(B) A person licensed under this chapter must display the document in a prominent and conspicuous place in the person's place of business or place of employment.
(C) Only a person licensed under this chapter may use the title of "speech-language pathologist" or "audiologist" or "speech-language pathology assistant".
(D) A duplicate license may be issued by the board as provided by law.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 96, Section 1.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, in subsection (D), substituted "as provided by law" for "in accordance with Section 40-67-50". Section 40-67-50 was repealed by 2014 Act No. 207, Section 1. The schedule of fees for certain professional and occupational licensing boards, commissions, panels, and councils is provided by regulation pursuant to the statutory authority provided in Section 40-1-50.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws:1962 Code Section 56-1549.13; 1973 (58) 773; 1976 Code Section 40-67-140.
