Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 38 > Chapter 73 > Article 13 - Advisory Organizations

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Insurance of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Director: means the person who is appointed by the Governor upon the advice and consent of the Senate and who is responsible for the operation and management of the department. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or the director's designee. See South Carolina Code 41-8-10
• Insurer: includes a corporation, fraternal organization, burial association, other association, partnership, society, order, individual, or aggregation of individuals engaging or proposing or attempting to engage as principals in any kind of insurance or surety business, including the exchanging of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts between individuals, partnerships, and corporations. See South Carolina Code 38-1-20
• Private employer: means any:
  
  (1) person or entity that transacts business in this State, is required to have a license issued by an agency, department, board, commission, or political subdivision of this State that issues licenses for the purposes of operating a business in this State, and employs one or more employees in this State, as defined in § 12-8-10;
  
  (2) person or entity carrying on any employment and the legal representative of a deceased person or the receiver or trustee of any person; or
  
  (3) person or entity for whom an individual performs a service or sells a good, of whatever nature, as an employee, as defined in § 12-8-10. See South Carolina Code 41-8-10