Persons exempt from chapter.

S.C. Code Ann. § 40-7-390
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These persons are exempt from this chapter while engaged in the proper discharge of their professional duties: (1) persons authorized under the laws of this State to practice medicine and surgery; (2) commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine hospital service; (3) registered nurses; (4) students in schools, colleges, and universities who practice barbering only upon students in the school, college, or university premises for the purpose of earning part of their school expenses; (5) undertakers; (6) persons authorized by state law to practice cosmetology only when they are practicing in salons or schools of cosmetology.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c007.phpFetched: 10/17/2026

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