S.C. LLR extends license, permit renewal deadlines to ease coronavirus burden

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As nonessential businesses closed their doors until further notice Wednesday afternoon, South Carolina’s leader announced an extension aimed to help ease the burden of service providers that require being licensed.

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is extending the license renewal deadline for licenses, registrations and permits that are scheduled to renew between April and August to now be Sept. 30, impacting professions ranging from barbers and cosmetologists to funeral homes to real estate appraisers to engineers to pharmacists.

LLR Director Emily Farr said in a news release from Gov. Henry McMaster’s office that the agency “recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices our licensees are making during this difficult time, and we want to do our part in making things easier for them.”

Affected licenses, registrations and permits include the following boards:

  • Barbers
  • Cosmetology
  • Contractors
  • Dentistry
  • Engineers and Surveyors
  • Environmental Certification
  • Funeral
  • Long Term Health Care
  • LP Gas
  • Manufactured Housing
  • Massage Therapy
  • Nursing
  • Pharmacy
  • Real Estate Appraisers
  • Real Estate Commission
  • Residential Builders

Continuing education requirements may be obtained throughout this extended renewal period.

Renewals will be open on their regularly scheduled dates if licensees want to renew, but they are not required to do so.

Renewing at the regularly scheduled time may be preferable for those who are required to provide proof of current license to other regulatory authorities or to employers, the release said.

For additional information, visit LLR’s website here.