For purposes of this article:

(1) "Licensed health care provider" means a licensed medical doctor, physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, or advanced-practice registered nurse.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 33-49-1410

  • Member: means each incorporator of a cooperative and each person admitted to and retaining membership therein and shall include a husband and wife admitted to joint membership. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20
  • Person: includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, federal agency, state or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic. See South Carolina Code 33-49-20

(2) "Special needs account member" means the account of a residential member:

(a) when the member can furnish to the electric cooperative a certificate on a form provided by the electric cooperative and signed by a licensed health care provider that states that termination of electric service would be dangerous to the health of the member or a person residing in the member’s household at the premises to which electric service is rendered; or

(b) who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia as certified by a licensed health care provider.