{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-23-1610","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 58-23-1610","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this article:\n(1) \"Transportation Network Company\" or \"TNC\" means a person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity operating in this State that uses a digital network, platform, or Internet-enabled application to connect a passenger to a transportation network driver for the purpose of providing transportation for compensation using a vehicle. A transportation network company does not include transportation services provided pursuant to Articles 1 through 15, Chapter 23, Title 58, or arranging nonemergency medical transportation for individuals qualifying for Medicaid or Medicare pursuant to a contract with the State or a managed care organization.\n(2) \"Personal vehicle\" means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver in connection with providing a prearranged ride and is:\n(a) owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver; and\n(b) not a taxi, charter bus, charter limousine, or for-hire vehicle.\n(3) \"Digital network\" means any Internet-enabled application, software, website, or system offered or used by a TNC that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers.\n(4) \"Transportation Network Company driver\" or \"TNC driver\" means a person who uses a vehicle to provide transportation service for passengers matched through a transportation network company's digital network.\n(5) \"Transportation Network Company insurance\" or \"TNC insurance\" means an insurance policy that specifically covers a driver's use of a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's digital network, platform, or Internet-enabled application.\n(6) \"Transportation Network Company passenger\" or \"TNC passenger\" means a person for whom transportation is provided through a transportation network company's digital network. This includes a person for whom arrangements for transportation services using the transportation network company's digital network was arranged by someone other than the passenger.\n(7) \"Transportation Network Company service\" or \"TNC service\" means a period of time when a transportation network company driver accepts a request arranged through the transportation network company's digital network and proceeds to the passenger location, continues while the transportation network company driver transports a requesting passenger in the transportation network company vehicle, and ends when the last requesting passenger exits the transportation network company vehicle.\n(8) \"Transportation Network Company vehicle\" or \"TNC vehicle\" means a vehicle that is used by a TNC driver that has met the requirements of this article and has been approved by the TNC to provide transportation service arranged through a transportation network company digital platform. It must not have a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of more than eight passengers, including the driver.\n(9) \"Prearranged ride\" means the provision of transportation by a transportation network company driver to a transportation network company rider, beginning when a driver accepts a ride requested by a rider through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continuing while the driver transports a requesting rider, and ending when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include shared expense carpool or vanpool arrangements, or transportation provided using a taxi, limousine, or other for-hire vehicle pursuant to a Class C certificate issued by the South Carolina Public Service Commission or pursuant to a license issued by the governing body of a county or city. A prearranged ride does not include services provided pursuant to Articles 1 through 15, Chapter 23, Title 58 or arranging nonemergency medical transportation for individuals qualifying for Medicaid or Medicare pursuant to a contract with the State or a managed care organization.\n(10) \"Transportation Network Company rider\" or \"rider\" means an individual or individuals who use a transportation network company's digital network to connect with a transportation network driver who provides prearranged rides to the rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.","path":["Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 23 Motor Vehicle Carriers","ARTICLE 16 Transportation Network Company Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t58c023.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:56:44Z","sha256":"3734ae9131c067c0b62a87c58200641f73401444300a8cac61871ebd920a4e79","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-23-1410","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-23-1620"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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