In addition to other requirements established by law and for the purpose of determining an applicant's eligibility for licensure as an associate, broker, broker-in-charge, property manager, and property manager-in-charge, the commission shall require initial applicants and applicants for licensure renewal to submit to a state fingerprint-based criminal records check, to be conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED); a national criminal records check, supported by fingerprints, by the FBI; and a social-security-number-based criminal records check from a source approved by the commission. Costs of conducting a criminal records check must be borne by the applicant. The commission shall keep information received pursuant to this section confidential, except that information relied upon in denying licensure may be disclosed as necessary to support the administrative action. HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 258 (S.75), Section 1, eff June 9, 2014; 2016 Act No. 170 (S.1013), Section 1, eff January 1, 2017; 2017 Act No. 60 (H.3041), Section 1, eff July 1, 2020; 2021 Act No. 25 (H.3664), Section 1, eff April 26, 2021; 2024 Act No. 204 (H.4754), Section 3, eff May 21, 2024.
South Carolina Legal Code