S.C. Code Ann. § 1-11-240
The duties of the Council shall consist of the following:
(c) To act as a hearing board, for the purpose of hearing and ruling on all disputes, complaints and any other grievances lodged against the promulgation, implementation and enforcement of regulations developed pursuant to this Sections 1-11-220 to 1-11-330.
The Council is authorized to establish a hearing procedure whereby complaints lodged against the promulgation, implementation and enforcement of regulations developed under this Sections 1-11-220 to 1-11-330 are disposed of in an equitable fashion.
The procedure shall provide that all grievances be submitted directly to the council, and be disposed of with or without a hearing, at the Council's discretion. The procedure shall further provide that all complaints shall be acted upon within forty-five days, and that all decisions and findings will be reported to the affected parties within twenty days of the date complaints are considered by the Council.
The procedure shall also provide that all decisions of the Council shall be appealable to the Board within ten days of notification of a final decision or finding. The Board shall act on an appeal within forty-five days of its filing, and shall conduct such action by means of a review of the case record developed by the Council, and shall, in extra-ordinary cases only, provide the party filing the complaint with a hearing de novo. The Board shall report its decision within thirty days of its consideration of the appeal.