South Carolina lawmakers want background checks for psychologists, hairdressers, massage therapists
COLUMBIA — The arrest of now-convicted serial killer Todd Kohlhepp in Woodruff last year spurred South Carolina lawmakers to require that state-licensed real estate agents face regular criminal background checks.
But an Upstate lawmaker wants several of the state's professional boards to be held to the same standard. If passed, hairdressers, pharmacists, psychologists and medical examiners also would need to have their records examined before getting a state license.
A bill sponsored by House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee Chairman Bill Sandifer cleared the House by a 102-3 vote in April but got no traction in the Senate before the Legislature adjourned in May.
Since this is the first of a two-year legislative session, bills that did not become law still can be considered when lawmakers return to Columbia in January.
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