S.C. Code Ann. § 62-8-115: Exoneration of agent.

A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal and the principal's successors in interest except to the extent the provision:

(1) relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed:

(A) dishonestly;

(B) in bad faith;

(C) with reckless indifference to the purposes of the power of attorney;

(D) through wilful misconduct;

(E) through gross negligence; or

(F) with actual fraud; or

(2) was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary relationship with the principal.