A provider of health care services must give twenty days prior notice before submitting a debt to a credit bureau or credit reporting agency or filing a lien against real or personal property, and the debtor must be notified by mail of the creditor's intention. Failure to comply with this requirement is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars for each occurrence.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 295, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 37 - Consumer Protection Code
Chapter 5 - Remedies And Penalties
Section 37-5-101. Short title.
Section 37-5-103. Restrictions on deficiency judgments in consumer credit sales.
Section 37-5-104. No garnishment.
Section 37-5-106. No discharge from employment for garnishment.
Section 37-5-107. Extortionate extensions of credit.
Section 37-5-108. Unconscionability; inducement by unconscionable conduct.
Section 37-5-110. Notice of consumer's right to cure.
Section 37-5-111. Cure of default.
Section 37-5-112. Creditor's right to take possession after default.
Section 37-5-113. Venue, complaint, stay of enforcement of or relief from default judgment.
Section 37-5-114. Complaint; proof; entry of default judgment.
Section 37-5-115. Stay of enforcement of or relief from default judgment.
Section 37-5-202. Effect of violations on rights of parties.
Section 37-5-203. Civil liability for violation of disclosure provisions.
Section 37-5-205. Refunds and penalties as setoff to obligation.
Section 37-5-301. Wilfull violations.