S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-3040 – Creation and membership of State Advisory Committee on regulation of child day care facilities

a. A State Advisory Committee on the Regulation of Child Day Care Facilities is hereby established. It shall consist of seventeen members appointed by the Governor, in accordance with the following:

(1) Five of the members appointed shall be parents of children who are receiving child day care services at the time of appointment, with no less than three representing the entrepreneural facilities.
(2) Eight of the members appointed shall be representative of owners and operators of child day care facilities, one of which shall be an operator of a day care home. No less than five other appointees shall be operators of facilities subject to regulation who are actively engaged in the operation for profit.
(3) One member appointed shall represent the educational community of the State.
Nominees for membership on the advisory committee pursuant to items (1), (2) and (3) shall be made from lists furnished the Governor by South Carolina organizations representing the various types of child day care facilities defined in this subarticle.
(4) One member appointed shall represent the business community of the State. Nominees for membership pursuant to this item shall be made from lists furnished the Governor by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
(5) Two members appointed shall represent church-operated child day care centers, one of whom shall be an operator of a church child day care center and one of whom shall be a parent of a child who is receiving child day care services in a church-operated child day care center at the time of appointment.
b. Members shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that of those initially appointed five shall serve for one year, five for two years and five for three years. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. Reappointment to serve a full term may ensue, however, at the discretion of the Governor but no member shall be permitted to succeed himself after serving a full term.
c. The chairman of the committee shall be designated by the Governor from among the appointees selected pursuant to the provisions of items (1) and (2) of subsection a of this section.