{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-23-310","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 1-23-310","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\n(1) \"Administrative law judge\" means a judge of the South Carolina Administrative Law Court created pursuant to Section 1-23-500;\n(2) \"Agency\" means each state board, commission, department, or officer, other than the legislature, the courts, or the Administrative Law Court, authorized by law to determine contested cases;\n(3) \"Contested case\" means a proceeding including, but not restricted to, ratemaking, price fixing, and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing;\n(4) \"License\" includes the whole or part of any agency permit, franchise, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required by law, but it does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes;\n(5) \"Party\" means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party;\n(6) \"Person\" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency.","path":["Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 23 State Agency Rule Making and Adjudication of Contested Cases","ARTICLE 3 Administrative Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c023.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:59Z","sha256":"0fe3bb419fa1626f8d0a7526e6c43d5cbaf14070c88a4205fcbb3a0b9db5759a","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-23-300","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-23-320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}