South Carolina Administrative Code

119-21. When Vehicle May Be Towed or Impounded. The appropriate campus official responsible for law enforcement and public safety or his designate shall have the power to have a vehicle impounded, towed and stored at the owner’s expense and risk under the following conditions: A.…

119-22. Appointment of Boards, Committees and Courts. The President of the USC-Columbia campus, the Chancellors of the USC-Aiken; Coastal Carolina College, Conway; and USC-Spartanburg campuses, and the Deans of the USC-Sumter and USC- Union campus shall have the authority to appo…

119-23. Who May Issue Summons or Citations. The appropriate campus official responsible for law enforcement and safety or his designate is authorized to issue summons and/or other traffic citations pursuant to authority contained in §§ 56-21-10 to 56-21-60 of the 1976 Code.

119-6. Liability for Protection of Motor Vehicles. The University shall assume no responsibility for the care and/or protection of any vehicle or its contents at any time when it is operated or parked on the University. ARTICLE 2 UNIVERSITY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION

119-7. Motor Vehicle Registration. The appropriate campus office for motor vehicle registration as designated by the President, Chancellors Deans of the respective campuses, is hereby authorized to be responsible for registration of vehicles, keeping registration cards, issuance …

120-10. Veterinary Facilities. General Requirements; Laboratory Services; Surgical; Pharmacological; Emergency Treatment. A. General Requirements. (1) All areas of the premises shall be maintained in a clean, offensive-odor free and orderly condition at all times. (2) All require…

120-11. Limited Veterinary Services Facilities; Multiple Practice Facilities; Mobile Vet- erinary Facilities. A. Limited Veterinary Services Facilities. Limited veterinary services facilities shall: (1) Adhere to requirements as set forth in Section 120.10(A). (2) Establish veter…

120-12. Veterinary Medicine and Animal Shelters. A. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context is clearly indicated otherwise: 1. ‘‘Animal’’ means any nonaquatic pet that is in the custody or care of an animal shelter. 2. ‘‘Enclosure’’ means a structure used to hous…

120-13. Facility Inspection. An agent of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation shall enter during normal business hours and have the right to inspect the facility for compliance. A written report of the inspection shall be prepared and a copy shall be provided to the …

120-14. Fees. The Board may charge fees as shown in South Carolina Code of Regulations Chapter 10-42 and on the South Carolina Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners website at http://llr.sc.gov/POL/Veterinary/. HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 36, Issue No. 6, eff June 22,…

120-2. Elections. A. The Board shall send a notice to each veterinarian qualified to vote by residence in a congressional district and set a date by which a veterinarian in that nominating district may be nominated for a position. B. If only two (2) candidates are nominated from …

120-3. Licensure to Practice Veterinary Medicine. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine unless duly licensed under the applicable provisions of this chapter. A. Application. Any person desiring to be licensed as a veterinarian must a…

120-4. Licensure to Practice Veterinary Technology. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the practice of veterinary technology unless duly licensed under the applicable provisions of this chapter. A. Application. Any person desiring to be licensed as a veterinary tech…

120-5. Biennial License Renewal. A. Active License. It is the responsibility of each licensee to apply for license renewal. Any person who shall practice veterinary medicine or veterinary medical technology after such expiration of license shall be practicing in violation of the …

120-6. Continuing Education Requirements; Waivers. A. Continuing Education Requirements. Failure to satisfy continuing education requirements for biennial renewal shall result in automatic revocation of license. Any licensee who continues practice of veterinary medicine after suc…

120-8. Practice Standards for Licensed Veterinarians. A. Licensed veterinarians shall comply with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Code of Professional Ethics. B. Recordkeeping. Licensed veterinarians shall comply with the following standards for medical record …

120-9. Practice Standards for: Licensed Veterinary Technicians. A. Licensed Veterinary Technicians. Duties shall be performed under the direction, supervision and control of a South Carolina licensed veterinarian who has established a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. (1)…

121-11.10. Curtailment of Water Use During Droughts. A. During severe or extreme drought conditions, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources may require mandatory reduction or curtailment of non-essential water use in affected drought management areas if recommended by…

121-11.11. Mediation of Disputes by the South Carolina Department of Natural Re- sources. A. During any drought alert phase, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources shall offer its services to mediate any dispute arising from competing demands for water. The mediation …

121-11.2. Definitions. A. ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of Natural Resources. B. ‘‘Conservation’’ means, to minimize or prevent depletion or waste of the water resource. C. ‘‘Drought Response Committee’’ means the committee created under Section 49-23-60 to be convened to a…

121-11.3. Jurisdiction. These regulations apply to every person using water in this State and to all water resources of the State, but does not authorize any restriction in use of water during an incipient, moderate, and severe drought declaration injected into aquifer storage an…

121-11.4. Drought Management Areas Established. A. In order to respond to drought conditions, four drought management areas are established as follows: (1) The West (Savannah) Drought Management Area shall include the following counties: (a) Oconee; (b) Pickens; (c) Anderson; (d)…

121-11.5. Drought Response Committee. A. The Drought Response Committee shall consist of state representation and local representation for each drought management area as specified in R.121-11.4. (1) A representative of each of the following State agencies shall represent State i…

121-11.6. Responsibilities of the Drought Response Committee. A. Members of the Drought Response Committee shall be notified at the onset of each Drought Alert Phase and provided information by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources with respect to the Drought Alert P…

121-11.7. Drought Information Center. A. The Office of the State Climatologist, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, shall maintain a Drought Information Center whenever one or more drought management areas of the State are in a moderate, severe or extreme drought aler…

121-11.8. Drought Alert Phases. A. Four phases of drought alert are established herein, each identified by drought indices. Declines in streamflow or aquifer levels that are not associated with drought shall not be used for declaration of drought alert phases. Drought stage evalu…

121-11.9. Notification of Drought. A. Upon the inception of a drought alert phase, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will disseminate public information concerning all aspects of the drought. The initial action in responding to drought is public education, provid…

121-8.26. Environmental Protection and Safety. A. All water shall be confined to its respective strata and shall be adequately protected in any exploration or production operations. B. All drillers, owners, operators, and individuals having control of the operation of any oil or …

121-8.3. General. A. Any person operating wholly or partially within this State for the purpose of oil and gas exploration, drilling or operating any oil or gas well, or transporting, storing, or refining oil or gas produced within the state shall file an Affidavit of Ownership a…

123-10. Restriction of Watercraft in Certain Areas. The use of watercraft shall be restricted in certain areas of the waters of the State of S.C. when the Director determines that such restriction is necessary in the interest of public safety. The regulated areas shall be identif…

123-107. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Live Trout in Eating Establishments, repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5018, eff May 28, 2021.

123-108. Sale of Trout at Fairs. 1. The Department shall have authority to issue a special permit to any state, county or local fair, circus or temporary or travelling amusement center or show to allow the sale of hatchery raised trout to patrons thereof whereby such fish are dis…

123-123. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Fishing in Lake Jocassee and Lake Richard B. Russell, repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5018, eff May 28, 2021.

123-124. Reciprocal Agreement Between the State of Georgia and the State of South Carolina. 1. The provisions of this agreement shall be applicable to the waters which lie adjacent to or within both the State of South Carolina and the State of Georgia, to wit: All channels of the…

123-126. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Fishing in Portions of Howard Creek, Corbin Creek and Devil’s Fork Creek, had the following history: Amended by State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1992. Repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5018, eff May 28, 2021.

123-127. Taking Eels and Catfish in Certain Waters. 1. This rule and regulation regulates the taking of eels in the following waters of this State: In Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the Diversion Canal connecting the lakes and the Tail Canal down to the Seabord Coastal Railroad Brid…

123-13. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Saluda Lake (Jerry’s Cove)—Restriction of Watercraft, repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5017, eff May 28, 2021.

123-131. Creel Limits and Bait/Lure Restrictions in Portions of Chattooga River, Cheohee Creek (Oconee County) and Middle Saluda River (Greenville County). (Statutory Authority: 1976 Code § 50-13-250) 1. It shall be lawful to use or possess only artificial lures with single hooks…

123-14. Lake Marion (Cantey Bay)—Restriction of Watercraft. The use of watercraft will be restricted in the waters in a 318 acre area on the west side of Cantey Bay, Lake Marion, Clarendon County, S.C., from 1 November through 15 March of each year. The restricted or controlled a…

123-150.1. Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae (Sea Turtles). 1. The remaining species of the families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae (sea turtles) not listed in South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department Regulation 123-150 are considered threatened and in need of managem…

123-150.3. Scientific Collecting Permit Required. That a scientific collecting permit under the terms of § 50-11-2190, 1976 Code of Laws, shall be required for the collecting of all nongame species or subspecies of the Classes Pices (Fish), Amphibia (Amphibians), Reptilia (Reptil…

123-151.1. Regulations for Spotted Turtle ( Clemmys guttata ). A. Spotted Turtle Protection 1. A person shall not take, possess, transport, import, export, process, sell, purchase, offer for sale, trade, gift, barter, ship, or receive for shipment any spotted turtle ( Clemmys gut…

123-151.3. Exchange and Transfer for Certain Native Reptiles and Amphibians. A. No native reptile or amphibian, including parts, products, eggs, and derivatives may be sold, purchased, traded, exchanged, bartered, exported or shipped, transferred and/or re-homed, except: 1. Trans…

123-151.4. Possession Limits for Certain Native Reptiles and Amphibians. A. A person shall not possess any species listed as endangered or threatened and in need of management pursuant to S.C. Code Sections 50-15-10, et seq. except by permit issued by the Department. B. A person …

123-152. Regulations for Nonnative Wildlife. A. The Department has determined that the species designated as Restricted Nonnative Wildlife have the potential to become established in this State in sufficient numbers so as to become a nuisance and pose a demonstrable deleterious a…

123-153. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Sea Turtle Protection, repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5019, eff May 28, 2021.

123-16. Lake Hartwell. All aids to navigation and regulatory markers erected by the Corps of Engineers on Lake Hartwell pursuant to Federal Law are hereby declared to be S.C.W.M.R.D. aids to navigation and regulatory markers pursuant to § 50-21-710, 1976 S.C. Code of Laws, and ar…

123-160. Vultures, Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys, Falcons, and Owls. 1. The following list of species or subspecies of nongame wildlife are in need of management, to wit: All species of the Order Falconiformes (vultures, kites, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons) and all species of …

123-19.1. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Lake Moultrie (Lions Beach)—Restriction of Watercraft, repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5017, eff May 28, 2021.

123-19.10. Repealed. HISTORY: Former Regulation, titled Restrictions on the Use of Watercraft in Certain Portions of the Waters of Black River, Williamsburg County, South Carolina, repealed by SCSR 45-5 Doc. No. 5017, eff May 28, 2021.