{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-83-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-83-20","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, the term:\n(A) \"Compensation\" means money, property, services, promise of payment, or anything else of value given in exchange for a service.\n(B) \"Director\" means the Director of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, or his designee.\n(C) \"Employed by\" means that a person is on the payroll of the employer and the employer deducts from the employee's paycheck social security and withholding taxes or that a person receives compensation from the employer on a commission basis or as an independent contractor.\n(D) \"Immigration assistance service\" means information or action provided or offered to customers or prospective customers related to immigration matters, excluding legal advice, recommending a specific course of legal action or providing other assistance that requires legal analysis, legal judgment, or interpretation of the law.\n(E) \"Immigration matter\" means a proceeding, filing, or action affecting the nonimmigrant, immigrant, or citizenship status of any person that arises under:\n(1) immigration and naturalization law, executive order, or presidential proclamation of the United States or any foreign country; or\n(2) action of the United States Department of Labor, the United States Department of State, the United States Department of Homeland Security, or the United States Department of Justice.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 83 Registration of Immigration Assistance Service Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c083.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:24:59Z","sha256":"563d2349de01d73b9052ad174785267c776ed78910d3baf237dfc63e9f7c4e05","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-83-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-83-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}