{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-577","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-577","heading":"Illegal acts involving persons under seventeen years of age; penalties; separate offense.","body":"(A) It is unlawful for any person at least seventeen years of age to knowingly and intentionally:\n(1) use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under seventeen years of age to violate Section 44-53-370 or 44-53-375(B);\n(2) receive a controlled substance from a person under seventeen years of age in violation of this chapter; or\n(3) conspire to use, solicit, direct, hire, persuade, induce, entice, coerce, or employ a person under seventeen years of age to violate Section 44-53-370 or 44-53-375(B).\n(B) Any person who violates subsection (A)(1), (A)(2), or (A)(3) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. A violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 53 Poisons, Drugs, and Other Controlled Substances","ARTICLE 3 Narcotics and Controlled Substances"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:34Z","sha256":"0e23f67c4cdd988bab962e9ccf9b5c8bdd89e3b9a3957396f6c67bab74d97392","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-570","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-582"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}