S.C. Code Ann. § 40-25-180: Prohibited acts.

No person may:

(1) sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license;

(2) purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualification to engage in the practice of specializing in hearing aids;

(3) alter a license with fraudulent intent;

(4) use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered;

(5) wilfully make a false statement in an application for license or application for renewal of license.