S.C. Code Ann. § 38-92-90: Public adjusters; disciplinary actions; grounds; notice and appeal; civil penalties.

(A) The director may place on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue, or renew a public adjuster's license or may levy a fine or penalty in accordance with Chapter 2, Title 38 or any combination of actions, for any one or more of the following causes:

(1) providing incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in the license application;

(2) violating any insurance laws, or violating any regulation, subpoena, or order of the director or of another state's insurance director or regulatory official;

(3) obtaining or attempting to obtain a license through misrepresentation or fraud in this or any other state;

(4) improperly withholding, misappropriating, or converting any monies or properties received in the course of doing insurance business;

(5) intentionally misrepresenting the terms of an actual or proposed insurance contract or application for insurance;

(6) having been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving a crime of dishonesty;

(7) having admitted or been found to have committed any insurance unfair trade practice or insurance fraud;

(8) using fraudulent, coercive, or dishonest practices, or demonstrating incompetence, untrustworthiness, or financial irresponsibility in the conduct of business in this State or elsewhere;

(9) having an insurance license, or its equivalent, denied, suspended, or revoked in any other state, province, district, or territory;

(10) forging another's name to an application for insurance or to any document related to an insurance transaction;

(11) knowingly accepting insurance business from an individual who is not licensed but who is required to be licensed by the director;

(12) failing to comply with an administrative or court order imposing a child support obligation; or

(13) failing to pay state income tax or comply with any administrative or court order directing payment of state income tax.

(B) In the event that the action by the director is to deny an application for or not renew a license, the director must notify the applicant or public adjuster and advise, in writing, the applicant or public adjuster of the reason for the nonrenewal or denial of the applicant's or licensee's license. The applicant or licensee may appeal the decision of the director pursuant to the South Carolina Administrative Procedures Act.

(C) In addition to or in lieu of any applicable denial, suspension, or revocation of a license, a person may, after hearing, be subject to a civil fine pursuant to Section 38-2-10, et seq.

(D) The director has the authority to enforce the provisions of and impose any penalty or remedy authorized by this chapter and Title 38 against any person who is under investigation for or charged with a violation of this chapter or Title 38 even if the person's license or registration has been surrendered or has lapsed by operation of law.