The Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee may subpoena witnesses, documents, take and preserve testimony, examine witnesses, administer oaths and, under proper restrictions, enter any public institution of the State or any factory, store, workshop, laundry, public eating house or mine and interrogate any person employed therein or connected therewith or the proper officers of a corporation or he may file a written or printed list of interrogatories and require full and complete answers to them to be returned, under oath, within fifteen days of the receipt of such list.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 40-11; 1952 Code Section 40-11; 1942 Code Section 3253-13; 1936 (39) 1615; 1974 (58) 2328; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 969, eff February 1, 1994.
Effect of Amendment
The 1993 amendment substituted "Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or his designee" for "Commissioner of Labor".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 41 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 3 - Department And Director Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation
Section 41-3-20. Repealed by 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1617(B), eff February 1, 1994.
Section 41-3-40. Promulgation of regulations by director.
Section 41-3-50. Inspections of work places, sites, or areas.
Section 41-3-70. Representatives of employer and employees may accompany inspectors.
Section 41-3-80. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 137, Section 8, eff March 31, 2010.
Section 41-3-100. Furnishing of blanks and forms.
Section 41-3-110. Powers of director generally.
Section 41-3-120. Enforcement.
Section 41-3-130. Solicitors and prosecuting attorneys shall prosecute violations.
Section 41-3-140. Penalties for impeding director in performance of his duties.
Section 41-3-510 to 41-3-540. Repealed by 2010 Act No. 137, Section 8, eff March 31, 2010.