{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-47-610","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-47-610","heading":"Licensure of practitioners of other states; educational and examination requirements.","body":"(A) The board may license as a respiratory care practitioner, upon payment of the fee set by the board, an applicant who is a respiratory therapist or a respiratory therapy technician of another state, territory, or the District of Columbia, if the requirements were substantially equal to the requirements of this State as determined by the board;\n(B) The committee initially shall waive the professional education and examination requirements and issue a license to any person who can demonstrate to the committee, through evidence verified under oath, that the person was employed as or actively performing the duties of a respiratory care practitioner in South Carolina in November and December of 1998; however, within three years of applying for initial licensure, the person must have complied with the educational and examination requirements provided for in Section 40-47-600. The applicants shall produce proof of high school graduation or the equivalent and shall apply within ninety days after public notification by the department.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 47 Physicians and Miscellaneous Health Care Professionals","ARTICLE 5 South Carolina Respiratory Care Practice Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c047.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:22:54Z","sha256":"5718e6d916363c8c8a72963d5a676020d7fca529adb83a7c31c1f5084336c41c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-47-600","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-47-620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}