{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-27-2510","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 58-27-2510","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this article:\n(1) \"Licensed health care provider\" means a licensed medical doctor, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, or advanced-practice registered nurse.\n(2) \"Special needs account customer\" means the account of a residential customer:\n(a) when the customer can furnish to the utility a certificate on a form provided by the utility and signed by a licensed health care provider that states that termination of electric service would be dangerous to the health of the customer or a member of his household at the premises to which electric service is rendered; or\n(b) who suffers from Alzheimer's disease or dementia as certified by a licensed health care provider.","path":["Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 27 Electric Utilities and Electric Cooperatives","ARTICLE 21 Termination of Electric Service Due to Nonpayment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t58c027.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:56:54Z","sha256":"0a1db5b620731373af2bace690d4313f1ce712b00172358b0c27e38d0d878a76","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-27-2460","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-27-2520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}