South Carolina S 583: Board of Funeral Services continuing education requirements

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2025-2026 Bill 583 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 25, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 583

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Amended

February 25, 2026

S. 583

Introduced 
by Senators Davis, Massey and Johnson 

S. Printed 2/25/26--H.

Read the first time May 1, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 40-19-250, RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS REQUIRED FOR 
LICENSEES OF THE BOARD OF FUNERAL EXAMINERS, SO AS TO REVISE PHYSICAL 
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION INSTRUCTION, AND TO DEFINE 
"PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE."

 Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 40-19-250 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
40-19-250. (A) The board shall develop in regulation a continuing 
education program and each licensee must attend a minimum of four credit hours 
annually, of which one credit hour must be an ethics in funeral service 
course. This continuing education program must be offered, at a minimum, four 
times a year at locations easily accessible to participants. Three of the four required hours must be available through 
correspondence courses, with at least two of the four hours requiring the 
physical attendance of the licensee.Physical 
attendance of a licensee is required for two of the four required hours but is 
not required for the remaining two required hours. 

 (B) For purposes of this section, 
"physical attendance":

 (1) means being physically present in 
person on the site of a designated physical location to receive continuing 
education instruction; and

 (2) excludes virtual, remote, 
correspondence, or other instructional formats that do not satisfy the 
requirements of item (1).

 (C) This continuing education 
requirement does not apply to a person who is not the manager of record of a 
funeral home, funeral establishment, or mortuary if the person has been 
licensed for thirty or more years and is sixty years old or older.

 (D) The provisions of subsection (A) 
relating to physical attendance do not apply if there is a declaration of a 
pandemic or if a natural disaster has occurred. Virtual, remote, 
correspondence, or other instructional formats are permitted during a pandemic 
or natural disaster.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect on July 1, 
2026.

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