S.C. Code Ann. § 5-25-140

The city council of any incorporated city or town may, in its discretion, appoint an electrical inspector in addition to the building inspector, and when such electrical inspector is so appointed, he shall do and perform all things herein set out for the building inspector to do and perform in regard to electrical wiring and certificates for such wiring, and in such cases the building inspector shall be relieved of such duties.