South Carolina § 33-19-320 - Confidential relationship.
Full text of South Carolina South Carolina Code of Laws § 33-19-320 — Confidential relationship., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 33-19-320. Confidential relationship.
(a) The relationship between an individual rendering professional services as an employee of a domestic or foreign professional corporation and his client or patient is the same as if the individual were rendering the services as a sole practitioner.
(b) The relationship between a domestic or foreign professional corporation and the client or patient for whom its employees are rendering professional services is the same as that between the client or patient and the employee.
HISTORY: Derived from 1976 Code SECTION 33-51-70 [1962 Code SECTION 56-1607; 1962 (52) 1911; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 4(5)]; 1988 Act No. 444, SECTION 2.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 33-19-320 ("Confidential relationship.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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