The director or his designee is not subject to the State Employee Grievance Committee or any internal grievance procedure established at the Insurance Department. The director or his designee shall devote all of his working time to the duties of his office. Before taking the oath of office he shall sever all connections, either direct or indirect, except as a policyholder, with any insurance company or agency and shall maintain the severance during his tenure of office. If he becomes a candidate for public office or becomes a member of a political committee during tenure, his office as director or his designee must be immediately vacated.
HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-3-100 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-55; 1960 (51) 1646; 1962 Code Section 37-60] has no comparable provision in 1987 Act No. 155; Former 1976 Code Section 38-3-80 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-52; 1960 (51) 1646; 1962 Code Section 37-58; 1973 (58) 623; 1980 Act No. 488, Section 6] recodified as Section 38-3-100 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 532.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 3 - The Department Of Insurance
Section 38-3-10. Department of Insurance and Insurance Commission established.
Section 38-3-40. Compensation and expenses of Commission members.
Section 38-3-60. Powers and duties of Commission and Director of the Department of Insurance.
Section 38-3-110. Duties of Director of the Department of Insurance.
Section 38-3-120. Oath and bond of director.
Section 38-3-130. Actuaries, examiners, clerks, and employees.
Section 38-3-140. Violations considered committed in part at office of director.
Section 38-3-160. Administration of oaths.
Section 38-3-170. Notice of hearings.
Section 38-3-180. Summoning witnesses; contempt; perjury.
Section 38-3-190. Mileage payments for witnesses.
Section 38-3-200. Orders must be in writing and signed.
Section 38-3-210. Petition for judicial review of order or decision; effect as stay.
Section 38-3-220. Certificates and papers of director as evidence.
Section 38-3-230. Director's certificate as evidence of authority to do business.
Section 38-3-240. Conversion of licenses to biennial fee collection period; particular fee periods.
Section 38-3-410. Promulgation of emergency regulations on declaration of state of emergency.
Section 38-3-420. Adoption of procedures to facilitate recovery by way of emergency regulations.
Section 38-3-440. Promulgation of regulations to implement article.