{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-6530","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-6530","heading":"Exceptions.","body":"The provisions of this article do not apply to:\n(1) a driver or occupant who possesses a written verification from a physician that he is unable to wear a safety belt for physical or medical reasons;\n(2) medical or rescue personnel attending to injured or sick individuals in an emergency vehicle when operating in an emergency situation as well as the injured or sick individuals;\n(3) school, church, or day care buses;\n(4) public transportation vehicles except taxis;\n(5) occupants of vehicles in parades;\n(6) United States mail carriers;\n(7) an occupant for which no safety belt is available because all belts are being used by other occupants;\n(8) a driver or occupants in a vehicle not originally equipped with safety belts.","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways","ARTICLE 48 Safety Belts"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:34Z","sha256":"f4b6c184863bd092bf4138de4da0a607546a4dd7f29c47a636069645888c0acd","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-6525","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-6540"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}