Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-19-80

  • Board: means the South Carolina State Board of Funeral Service. See South Carolina Code 40-19-20
  • Embalmer: means a person licensed by the board to disinfect and preserve or attempt to disinfect and preserve the dead human body, entirely or in part, by the use of application of chemicals, fluids, or gases, externally or internally, or both, by their introduction into the body by vascular or hypodermic injections, by direct application into the organs or cavities, or by other method and includes the restoration or attempted restoration of the appearance of the dead human body. See South Carolina Code 40-19-20
  • Funeral director: means a person licensed by the board to engage for hire or profit in the profession of arranging, directing, or supervising funerals. See South Carolina Code 40-19-20
  • Inspector: means an inspector employed by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. See South Carolina Code 40-19-20
The board shall employ an inspector who must be a licensed embalmer and funeral director with not fewer than five consecutive years’ experience as a licensee under this chapter.