S.C. Code Ann. § 38-33-150

Agent for organization; exemption from licensing requirements

Known as the Health Maintenance Organization Act

The act spans §§ 38–38 (32 sections).

Enacted as 1976 Code SECTION 38-25-150 by 1987 Act No. 83, SECTION 1; recodified as SECTION 38-33-150 by 1987 Act No. 155, SECTION 24; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 633.

(A) An agent means a person who is appointed or employed by a health maintenance organization and who engages in solicitation of membership in the organization. This definition does not include a person enrolling members on behalf of an employer, union, or other organization to whom a master subscriber contract has been issued.

(B) The department may by regulation exempt certain classes of persons from the requirement of obtaining a license:

(1) if the functions they perform do not require special competence, trustworthiness, or the regulatory surveillance made possible by licensing; or

(2) if other existing safeguards make regulation unnecessary.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.