Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation—Division of Labor

71-8304. LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM (LP) GAS. (Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 23-9-20, 40-82-70)

71-8304.1. General. A. The purpose of this regulation is to provide reasonable protection of the health, welfare, and safety of the public and LP-Gas operators from the hazards associated with the handling, use, transportation, and storage of LP-Gas. B. These regulations apply to…

71-8304.2. Codes and Standards. A. All references to codes and standards found in these regulations refer to the editions adopted in R.71-8300.2 and are modified by the following regulations as shown below. B. The building code shall define occupancy classifications referenced in…

71-8304.3. Licensing and Permitting Fees. A. The OSFM is responsible for all administrative activities of the licensing program. The SFM shall employ and supervise personnel necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article and shall establish fees sufficient but not excessi…

71-8304.4. Licensing Requirements. A. Licenses 1. Each company shall possess a license issued by the OSFM. 2. Licenses shall be displayed in a conspicuous location at the place of business for the LP-Gas Dealer, Installer, Gas Plant, Wholesaler, Reseller, or Cylinder Exchange ope…

71-8304.5. Plan Submittal Requirements. Licensees that are required to obtain a site approval per S.C. Code Ann. Section 40-82-220, 1976, as amended, shall comply with the plan submittal requirements of the applicable codes and standards referenced in R.71-8304.2. HISTORY: Added …

71-8305. PYROTECHNICS AND SPECIAL EFFECTS. (Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 23-9-20(4) and 23-35-45 et seq.)

71-8305.1. General. A. The purpose of this regulation is to provide reasonable safety and protection to the public, public property, private property, performers, display operators, and emergency responders from the hazards associated with the handling, and use of pyrotechnics, f…

71-8305.2. Definitions, Codes and Standards. A. All definitions and references to codes and standards found in these regulations are promulgat- ed in R.71-8300 unless modified by the following regulations as shown below. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 23, Issue No. 6, ef…

71-8305.3. Licensing and Permitting Fees. A. All fees are due at time of application for licenses, tests, or permitting. B. Permit applications are due in the OSFM fifteen business days before the performance date. Fees may be doubled for an application received less than fifteen…

71-8305.4. Qualifications of Operators. A. Operator Classifications 1. ‘‘Pyrotechnic Operator - Unrestricted’’ may conduct and take charge of all activity in connection with the use of rockets, flame effects, Display Fireworks, binary system pyrotechnics, consumer fireworks, thea…

71-8305.5. Display Permits. A. All Displays. 1. Any person who desires to hold a Public Fireworks Display, Proximate Audience Display, Special Effects Display, or Flame Effects Display in front of an audience shall obtain a permit from the OSFM before the display. 2. The OSFM may…

71-8305.6. Operational Requirements of Displays. A. All Displays. 1. The operator shall have their license in their possession when conducting a display and shall exhibit their license on request of any AHJ. 2. All displays must have a person in charge that holds the proper licen…

71-8305.7. Community Fireworks Displays. A. This regulation shall not apply to a person who purchases consumer fireworks and discharges them on their own property, either owned or leased. These conditions do not constitute a public display regardless of the number of persons gath…

71-8306. HYDROGEN FACILITIES. (Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 23-9-550)

71-8306.1. General. A. The purpose of these regulations are to provide reasonable safety and protection to the public, public property, private property from the hazards associated with Hydrogen fuel facilities intended for retail purchase by the general public to power motor veh…

71-8306.5. OSFM Licensing and permitting fees. A. All fees are due at time of application for licenses, tests, or permitting. B. Permit applications are due in the OSFM prior to construction or installation. C. Approval of plans for hydrogen facilities are to be obtained prior to…

71-8307. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS—PORTABLE AND FIXED STATION. [REPEALED]

71-8308. FIRE SAFETY: CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES. [REPEALED]

71-8309. FIRE SAFETY: EXISTING LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES. [REPEALED]

71-8310. FIRE SAFETY: RENOVATION OF EXISTING LOCAL DETENTION FACILITIES. [REPEALED]

71-900. General Policy. South Carolina Division of Occupational Safety and Health (SC/OSH) access to employee medical records will in certain circumstances be important to the agency’s performance of its statutory functions. Medical records, however, contain personal details conc…

71-901. Scope and Application. A. Except as provided in paragraphs C through F below, this regulation applies to all requests by SC/OSH personnel and by federal OSHA personnel to obtain access to records in order to examine or copy personally identifiable employee medical informa…

71-902. Responsible Persons. A. Commissioner of Labor. The Commissioner of Labor, State of South Carolina, shall be responsible for the overall administration and implementation of the procedures contained in this subarticle, including making final SC/OSH determinations concernin…

71-903. Written Access Orders. A. Requirement for written access order. Except as provided in paragraph D of this regulation, each request by an SC/OSH or federal OSHA representative to examine or copy personally identifiable employee medical information contained in a record hel…

71-904. Presentation of Written Access Order and Notice to Employees. A. The Principal SC/OSH Investigator, or someone under his or her supervision, shall present at least two (2) copies each of the written access order and an accompanying cover letter to the employer prior to ex…

71-905. Objections concerning a Written Access Order. All employee, collective bargaining agent, and employer written objections concerning access to records pursuant to a written access order shall be transmitted to the SC/OSH Medical Records Officer. Unless the agency decides o…

71-906. Removal of Direct Personal Identifiers. Whenever employee medical information obtained pursuant to a written access order is taken off-site with direct personal identifiers included, the Principal SC/OSH Investigator shall, unless otherwise authorized by the SC/OSH Medica…

71-907. Internal Agency Use of Personally Identifiable Employee Medical Information. A. The Principal SC/OSH Investigator shall in each instance of access be primarily responsible for assuring that personally identifiable employee medical information is used and kept secured in a…

71-908. Security Procedures. A. Agency files containing personally identifiable employee medical information shall be segregated from other agency files. When not in active use, files containing this information shall be kept secured in a locked cabinet or vault. B. The SC/OSH Me…

71-909. Retention and Destruction of Records. A. Consistent with SC/OSH record disposition procedures, personally identifiable employee medi- cal information and list of coded direct personal identifiers shall be destroyed or returned to the original recordholder when no longer n…

71-910. Results of an Agency Analysis Using Personally Identifiable Employee Medical Information. The SC/OSH Medical Record Officer shall, as appropriate, assure that the results of an agency analysis using personally identifiable employee medical information are communicated to …

71-9100. Requirement of Filing Inspection Report to Claim Exemption. Boilers described in S.C. Code 41-14-60(3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) may claim exemption from these regulations by filing with the Department an inspection report indicating that the boiler has been inspected at t…

71-9101. Definitions. For the purposes of this Chapter all definitions from the Boiler Safety Act apply. In addition the following definitions apply. 1. ‘Act’ means the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act, which were enacted as Title 41, Chapter 14, of the S.C. Code of Laws. 2.…

71-9102. Administration. A. Minimum Construction Standards for Boilers 1. All new boilers installed and operated in South Carolina, unless otherwise exempted, shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the ASME Code or a nationally recognized Code of Construction accept…

71-9103.1. Power Boilers. A. EBO-1 Age Limit of Existing Boilers 1. The age limit of any boiler of nonstandard construction, installed prior to the date the Act became effective, shall be 30 years, except that a boiler having other than a lap-riveted longitudinal joint, after a t…

71-9103.2. Heating Boilers. A. EHB-1 Standard Boilers The maximum allowable working pressure of standard boilers shall in no case exceed the pressure indicated by the manufacturer’s identification stamped or cast on the boiler or on a plate secured to it. B. EHB-2 Nonstandard Riv…

71-9104. General Requirements. A. GR-1 Inspection of Boilers All boilers not exempted by the Act or by rules and regulations promulgated under the Act and which are subject to regular inspections shall be prepared for such inspections as required in GR-2. B. GR-2 Preparation for …

71-911. Annual Reports. The SC/OSH Medical Records Officer shall on an annual basis review SC/OSH’s experience under this subarticle during the previous year, and prepare a report to the Commissioner of Labor which shall be made available to the public. This report shall discuss:…

71-912. Inter-Agency Transfer and Public Disclosure. A. Personally identifiable employee medical information shall not be transferred to another agency or office outside of SC/OSH or disclosed to the public (other than to the affected employee or the original recordholder) except…