S.C. Code Ann. § 39-55-25
It is found to be necessary in the public interest that cemeteries, burial grounds, and any agreement or contract which has for a purpose the furnishing or delivering of any person, property, or merchandise of any nature in connection with the final disposition of a dead human body, must be subject to sufficient regulation by the State to ensure that sound business practices are followed by all entities subject to the provisions of this chapter.