S.C. Code Ann. § 40-2-560

(A) Licenses must be issued by the board to persons satisfying the requirements of Section 40-2-550 upon the payment of a license fee in an amount to be determined by the board. (B) A licensee must file an application for renewal in accordance with Section 40-2-250. (C) A partnership, firm, or registrant must file an application in accordance with Section 40-2-40 and Section 40-2-255. (D) Legal entities, without payment of a permit fee, must meet the following standards: (1) at least one owner must be an accounting practitioner of this State in good standing; (2) each partner must be lawfully engaged in the practice, as defined in Section 40-2-520, in a state of the United States; and (3) each resident manager in charge of an office must be an accounting practitioner of this State in good standing. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 51, SECTION 9, in (C), added the reference to Section 40-2-40. 2022 Act No. 174, SECTION 1, in (D), substituted "Legal entities, without payment of a permit fee, must" for "Partnerships, without payment of a permit fee, which", in (1), substituted "owner" for "general partner", and made a nonsubstantive change in (2).