S.C. Code Ann. § 40-23-230 – Issuance, renewal and reinstatement of licenses; notification of address change; current licensees

(A) If an applicant satisfies all licensure requirements as provided for in this article, the board may 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 licensee 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) Licenses issued under this chapter must be renewed every year, or every two years if so provided by regulation, upon the payment of a renewal fee and the fulfillment of continuing education as determined by the board in regulation.
(C) A licensee who allows his or her license to lapse by failing to renew the license as provided in this section may be reinstated upon payment of a reinstatement fee and the current renewal fee, provided application for renewal is filed within ninety days of the expiration date of the license.
(D) It is the express duty of every licensee to ensure the board administrator has the licensee's correct official mailing address of record and that the administrator is expressly and specifically notified, in writing and in a timely manner, of any change in the licensee's official mailing address.
(E) A person who, as of the effective date of this section, possesses a current well driller license from the board, shall be eligible to receive an independent well driller license in one or more of the well drilling classes established by this chapter, if such licensee:
1. (1) files with the board an application for grandfather status within ninety days of the effective date of this section; and
2. (2) provides proof that the applicant is in compliance with the bonding requirements of this chapter; and
3. (3) provides copies of at least twenty Water Well Record Forms prescribed by the board, that were properly filed with the Department of Health and Environmental Control, demonstrating the applicant has constructed, within the thirty-six months preceding the date of the application, at least twenty wells in each well drilling category for which licensure status is sought; or
4. (4) provides such other proof of experience, training, and education as is sufficient to satisfy the board of the applicant's suitability for practicing in the requested well drilling category.
(F) A person who, as of the effective date of this section, is currently engaged in the business of installing pumps as defined in this chapter and who does not possess a current well driller license, shall be eligible to receive a pump installer license if such person:
1. (1) files with the board an application for grandfather status within ninety days of the effective date of this section; and
2. (2) provides proof of experience, training, and education as is sufficient to satisfy the board of the applicant's suitability for practicing as a pump installer without passing the exam required by this chapter.
(G)
1. (1) A person practicing as a licensee, as of the effective date of Section 40-23-310, pursuant to the department's voluntary certification program for public water distribution system operators is eligible to receive a public water distribution system operator license of the same class as the voluntary certification under which the person is practicing as of the effective date of Section 40-23-310, if the person files with the board an application for grandfather status within ninety days of the effective date of Section 40-23-310.
2. (2) A person practicing as a public water distribution system operator, as of the effective date of this act, who does not qualify for licensure pursuant to subsection (G)(1) is eligible to receive a public water distribution system operator license that entitles the person to continue practicing at the work location where the person is practicing as of the effective date of Section 40-23-310, if the person:
  1. (a) files with the board an application for grandfather status within ninety days of the effective date of Section 40-23-310;
  2. (b) provides proof satisfactory to the board of the applicant's eligibility for grandfathered status pursuant to this section; and
  3. (c) provides proof of experience, training, and education sufficient to satisfy the board that the applicant is suitable to practice as a public water distribution system operator without passing the exam otherwise required by this chapter.
3. (3) A person who receives a license pursuant to subsection (G)(2) may practice pursuant to that license only at the work location where the person was practicing as of the effective date of Section 40-23-310. To work at any other location, the licensee must satisfy the requirements of Section 40-23-310.