Committee approves package of professional-practice and building-code regulations; massage-therapy sanitation rules among notable changes The committee reported a set of professional-practice and building-code regulations favorably, including new sanitation and endorsement language for massage therapy, accountancy regulation changes to conform with Act 34 of 2025 (to be resubmitted), auctioneer reciprocity rules and online-auction definitions, and multiple building-code continuations (plumbing, residential, electric, fire, fuel gas, mechanical).

New regulations are shaking up licensed professions in South Carolina, from stricter sanitation rules for massage therapy to updated auctioneer standards!

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Professionals and utilities urge carve-outs from South Carolina’s proposed regulatory overhaul Licensed professionals and utility representatives told a Senate subcommittee that Senate Bill 254’s 2-for-1 review, 25% reduction target and seven-year sunset could strip life-safety regulations and remove judicial deference; witnesses urged carve-outs or revised language to protect public-safety standards.

South Carolina's Senate Bill 254 faces fierce opposition as professionals warn it could jeopardize essential public safety standards.

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