2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
Chapter 3 - THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Section 38-3-100 - Chief Insurance Commissioner; removal; status; term of employment, salary, and qualifications.

The director or his designee is not subject to the State Employee Grievance Committee or any internal grievance procedure established at the Insurance Department. The director or his designee shall devote all of his working time to the duties of his office. Before taking the oath of office he shall sever all connections, either direct or indirect, except as a policyholder, with any insurance company or agency and shall maintain the severance during his tenure of office. If he becomes a candidate for public office or becomes a member of a political committee during tenure, his office as director or his designee must be immediately vacated.

HISTORY: Former 1976 Code Section 38-3-100 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-55; 1960 (51) 1646; 1962 Code Section 37-60] has no comparable provision in 1987 Act No. 155; Former 1976 Code Section 38-3-80 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-52; 1960 (51) 1646; 1962 Code Section 37-58; 1973 (58) 623; 1980 Act No. 488,Section 6] recodified as Section 38-3-100 by 1987 Act No. 155, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 532.