S.C. Code Ann. § 40-55-30
All members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor. The South Carolina Psychological Association, the South Carolina Academy of Professional Psychologists, the South Carolina Association of School Psychologists and any individual, group, or association may nominate qualified individuals to the Governor for his consideration. The Board shall publish widely in the State notice of all pending vacancies to the Board.
Members of the Board shall be appointed for terms of five years each and until their successors are appointed and qualify. No member of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment for a period of four years following the completion of his term.
Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term only. The Governor may receive recommendations from any individual, group, or association for any vacancy.
SECTION 40-55-30, unlike former SECTION 40-9-30 which was held unconstitutional as restricting Governor's authority to appoint members to Board of Chiropractic Examiners to list of members of private organization, provides for submission to Governor of list of qualified candidates for appointment and there is nothing on face of statute which requires qualified candidate to be member of private body which compiles list and statute is therefore constitutional. Hartzell v. State Bd. of Examiners in Psychology (S.C. 1980) 274 S.C. 502, 265 S.E.2d 265.