(1) The administrator shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a certified copy of each rule adopted by him. The Secretary of State shall keep a permanent register of the rules open to public inspection. (2) Each rule hereafter adopted is effective twenty days after filing, except that, if a later date is specified in the rule, the later date is the effective date.
Filing and taking effect of rules
S.C. Code Ann. § 37-6-405, under Title 37, Chapter 6.
S.C. Code Ann. § 37-6-405