(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:

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 38-33-150

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the Department of Insurance of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Health maintenance organization: means a person who undertakes to provide or arrange for basic health care services to enrollees for a fixed prepaid premium. See South Carolina Code 38-33-20
  • License: means a document issued by the state's director or his designee authorizing a person to act as an insurance producer for the lines of authority specified in the document. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
  • Person: means a natural or an artificial person including, but not limited to, individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, or corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-33-20

(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.

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