{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-21-90","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 50-21-90","heading":"Boating safety and educational program.","body":"(A) The department must administer a boating safety education course and may approve of additional boating safety education courses. A list of approved courses must be provided on the department's website.\n(B) The following persons must be issued a South Carolina boating safety certificate in both physical and electronic forms by the department:\n(1) a person who successfully completes a boating safety education course administered or approved by the department;\n(2) a person who provides satisfactory proof to the department that the person was issued a boating safety certificate, or an equivalency, by another state; and (3) a person who provides satisfactory proof to the department that the person was issued a license to operate a vessel by the United States Coast Guard or was issued a merchant mariner credential by the United States Coast Guard.\n(C) The department must approve of one or more boat rental safety education courses to be taken by persons renting a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from businesses engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts. A person who completes a boat rental safety education course approved by the department must be issued a boat rental safety certificate in either electronic or physical form in the person's name. A boat rental safety certificate is valid for thirty days from the date of issuance and only while operating a vessel, personal watercraft, or specialty propcraft from a business engaged in the renting of vessels, personal watercrafts, or specialty propcrafts.\n(D) The department must maintain a database of all persons issued a South Carolina boating safety certificate.","path":["Title 50 - FISH, GAME AND WATERCRAFT","CHAPTER 21 Equipment and Operation of Watercraft","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t50c021.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:48:14Z","sha256":"b660e49bde9be2f790d5565d316ddbe51ee26bb8d55b74d29ed50a2c7843b1a8","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-21-87","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-50-21-95"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}