South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 47 - DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE
Article 2 - GENERAL REGULATIONS
Section 47-18 - Workers to Procure Social Security Account Numbers

A. Each employer shall ascertain the Social Security Account Number of each worker employed by him in employment.

B. Each worker who is engaged in employment for an employer, but who does not have a Federal Social Security Account Number shall file an application therefore not later than one week after the effective date of this regulation, or not later than one week after the first day on which he is engaged in employment for an employer, whichever occurs later. It shall be the duty of employers to procure the appropriate forms of application for Social Security Account Numbers and to furnish such application forms to each worker in their employ who does not have a Federal Social Security Account Number.

C. If an employer has in his employ a worker who does not have a Federal Social Security Account Number and who has failed to file an application therefore within the period prescribed in Paragraph B of this regulation, such employer shall, not later than two weeks after the effective date of this regulation, or not later than two weeks after the first day in which such employer employed such worker, whichever occurs later, file an application for a Federal Social Security Account Number for such worker. A worker who is engaged in employment for an employer and who does not have a Federal Social Security Account Number, shall not be relieved from his duty to file an application for a Federal Social Security Account Number by reason of his employer's having filed an application for him.

D. Applications for Social Security Account Numbers shall be filed and the numbers obtained in accord and compliance with the procedures of the Social Security Administration appertaining thereto.