{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-75-110","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-75-110","heading":"Revocation, suspension, reprimand, or restriction of licensee; grounds for discipline.","body":"(A) The board may revoke, suspend, publicly or privately reprimand, or restrict a licensee or otherwise discipline a licensee when it is established to the satisfaction of the board that a licensee has:\n(1) uttered a false or fraudulent statement or forged a statement or document or committed or practiced a fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest act in connection with license requirements;\n(2) been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude. Forfeiture of a bond or a plea of nolo contendere is the equivalent of a conviction;\n(3) violated a regulation, directive, or order of the board;\n(4) knowingly performed an act which substantially assists a person to practice counseling, marriage and family therapy, or addiction counseling illegally;\n(5) caused to be published or circulated directly or indirectly fraudulent, false, or misleading statements as to the skills or methods or practice of a license holder when malice is shown;\n(6) failed to provide and maintain reasonable sanitary facilities;\n(7) sustained physical or mental impairment or disability which renders practice dangerous to the public;\n(8) violated the code of ethics adopted by the board in regulations;\n(9) obtained fees or assisted in obtaining fees under deceptive, false, or fraudulent circumstances;\n(10) used an intentionally false or fraudulent statement in a document connected with the practice of professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, or addiction counseling;\n(11) been found by the board to lack the professional competence to practice;\n(12) practiced during the time his license has lapsed or been suspended or revoked;\n(13) practiced the profession or occupation while under the influence of alcohol or drugs or uses alcohol or drugs to such a degree as to render him unfit to practice his profession or occupation.\n(B) In addition to other remedies and actions incorporated in this chapter, the license of a licensee adjudged mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction must be suspended automatically by the board until the licensee is adjudged competent by a court of competent jurisdiction.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 75 Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Psycho-educational Specialists","ARTICLE 1 Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c075.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:24:29Z","sha256":"c11a0349771a66dd6487af84aea06965ddba3c347f8e8a72c896ea66b260f8b7","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-75-100","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-75-120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}