S.C. Code Ann. § 41-15-600 – Occupational Health and Safety Review Board created; appointment, terms and compensation of members; chairman; duties generally

(a) There is created the South Carolina Occupational Health and Safety Review Board which shall consist of six members. Members of the board shall be selected from among those persons who by reason of training, education, experience, or knowledge of the law are qualified to carry out the functions of the board under this chapter. One member shall be elected from each congressional district of this State by the resident members of the General Assembly from that district. The senior senator from each congressional district within sixty days after the effective date of this article, within sixty days prior to the expiration of the term of the member from that district, and within sixty days after any vacancy has occurred in that district shall call a meeting of the resident members of the General Assembly from the district to elect a member of the board from the district.
(b) The terms of the members of the board are four years and until their successors are elected and qualify, except that the member first elected from the first congressional district shall serve for an initial term of one year, the members first elected from the second and third congressional districts shall serve for initial terms of two years each, the member first elected from the fourth congressional district shall serve for an initial term of three years, and the members first elected from the fifth and sixth congressional districts shall serve for initial terms of four years each. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by election in the same manner of the original election.
(c) The members of the board shall annually elect a chairman and such other officers as they deem necessary. No officer shall serve for more than two consecutive years in that capacity.
(d) The board shall hear and determine all contested cases and shall approve all settlements of such cases which arise as a result of any citation issued by the Division of Labor pursuant to the authority in this chapter, any penalty assessed thereunder, and any date set for the abatement of any violations.
(e) The chairman is responsible on behalf of the board for the administrative operations of the board.
(f) Compensation for members of the board, to the extent funds are appropriated therefor by the General Assembly, shall be set by regulation of the South Carolina Division of Labor. Service on the board shall not be creditable service for purposes of the South Carolina Retirement System.