S.C. Code Ann. § 40-1-40

(A) The purpose of the Division of Professional and Occupational Licensing, South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, is to protect the public through the regulation of professional and occupational licensees and the administration of boards charged with the regulation of professional and occupational practitioners. (B) The following boards and the professions and occupations they license or otherwise regulate must be administered by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation pursuant to this article: Board of Accountancy Board of Architectural Examiners Athletic Commission Auctioneers Commission Board of Barber Examiners Accessibility Committee of the Building Codes Council Building Code Council Board of Chiropractic Examiners Contractors' Licensing Board Board of Cosmetology Board of Dentistry Engineers and Land Surveyors Board Environmental Certification Board Board of Registration for Foresters Board of Funeral Service Board of Registration for Geologists Manufactured Housing Board Board of Medical Examiners Modular Buildings Board of Appeals Board of Nursing Long Term Health Care Administrators Board Board of Occupational Therapy Board of Examiners in Opticianry Board of Examiners in Optometry Board of Pharmacy Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Pilotage Commission Board of Podiatry Examiners Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors and Marital and Family Therapists Board of Examiners in Psychology Board of Pyrotechnic Safety Real Estate Appraisers Board Real Estate Commission Residential Builders Commission Board of Social Work Examiners Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (C) Each regulatory board within the department is a separate board. (D) The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation is a member of the Governor's executive cabinet and must be headed by a director who must be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, subject to removal from office by the Governor pursuant to Section 1-3-240(B). The director shall supervise the department under the direction and control of the Governor and shall exercise other powers and perform other duties as the Governor requires.