S.C. Code Ann. § 40-67-260 – License renewal; conditions; continuing education; records

(A) As a condition of license renewal, a speech-language pathologist or audiologist shall satisfactorily complete sixteen hours of approved continuing education or 1.6 continuing education units (CEUs) during each license period.
(B) As a condition of an intern license renewal, a speech-language pathologist or audiologist shall satisfactorily complete eight hours of approved continuing education or 0.8 CEUs during each license period.
(C) As a condition of an assistant license renewal, a speech-language pathology assistant shall satisfactorily complete eight hours of approved continuing education or 0.8 CEUs during each license period.
(D) Continuing education must be reported on forms and in the time and manner specified by the board in regulation.
(E) A licensee shall maintain records of continuing education hours or CEUs earned for a period of four years, and these records must be made available to the director or his designee upon request for an audit that the board biennially may conduct.

HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 96, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 167 (S.997), Section 4, eff May 16, 2014; 2019 Act No. 34 (S.277), Section 3, eff May 13, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

2014 Act No. 167, Section 4, in subsection (E), substituted "biennially" for "annually".

2019 Act No. 34, Section 3, in (A), substituted "shall" for "must" and "of approved continuing education or 1.6 continuing education units (CEUs) during each" for "per license of approved continuing education per"; in (B), substituted "shall" for "must" and "of approved continuing education or 0.8 continuing education units (CEUs) during each" for "per license of approved continuing education per"; in (C), substituted "shall" for "must" and "or 0.8 CEUs during each" for "per"; and in (E), substituted "A licensee shall" for "A licensee must", inserted "or CEUs" following "continuing education hours", and substituted "his designee" for "the director's designee" and "an audit that the board biennially may conduct" for "audits that the board may conduct biennially".