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TO AMEND SECTION 40-19-230, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS AN EMBALMER OR FUNERAL DIRECTOR, SO AS TO REVISE THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE AS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR TO INCLUDE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN MORTUARY SCIENCE FROM AN ACCREDITED PROGRAM IN MORTUARY SCIENCE AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR A PERSON SEEKING INITIAL LICENSURE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2013.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-19-230(B)(3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(3) has a high school education or the equivalent of a high school education and has a minimum of two years of successful attendance at an accredited academic college or successful completion of a regular course of not less than one year, twelve scholastic months, in an accredited mortuary college provided, however, that a person seeking initial licensure as a funeral director after December 31, 2013, must instead have a high school education or the equivalent of a high school education and a minimum of an associate's degree in mortuary science and a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university;"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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