2021 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 3 - Department And Director Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation
Section 41-3-10. Director of department appointed by Governor; department to promulgate and enforce regulations.
A Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation must be appointed by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Section 40-1-40. The director means the chief administrative officer of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the department, and it is the duty of the department to administer and enforce the regulations and direct all inspections and investigations except as otherwise provided.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-1; 1952 Code Section 40-1; 1942 Code Section 3253-11; 1936 (39) 1615; 1941 (42) 119; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 960, eff February 1, 1994; 2010 Act No. 137, Section 2, eff March 31, 2010.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted this section for one which read: "A Department of Labor is hereby created and established under the supervision and direction of a commissioner to be known as the Commissioner of Labor. The Commissioner shall have charge of the administration of the Department of Labor and the enforcement of all rules and regulations which it is the duty of the Department to administer and enforce and shall direct all inspections and investigations except as otherwise provided".
The 2010 amendment deleted the first sentence, relating to the creation of the Division of Labor.
