South Carolina § 37-21-70 - Unwanted telephone solicitations; Do Not Call Registry; affirmative defense.

§ 37-21-70. Unwanted telephone solicitations; Do Not Call Registry; affirmative defense.

(A) A person may not initiate, or cause to be initiated, a telephone solicitation directed to a telephone number when a person at that telephone number previously stated a desire not to be contacted again by or on behalf of the person on whose behalf the telephone solicitation is being made. This statement may be made to a telephone solicitor or to the person on whose behalf the telephone solicitation is being made if that person is different from the telephone solicitor. Any request not to receive telephone solicitations must be honored for at least five years from the time the request is made.

(B) A telephone solicitor may not initiate, or cause to be initiated, a telephone solicitation to a telephone number on the National Do Not Call Registry maintained by the federal government pursuant to the Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 310, and 47 C.F.R. Section 64.1200.

(C) It is an affirmative defense in any action brought pursuant to Section 37-21-80 or 37-21-90 for a violation of this section that the defendant has established and implemented, with due care, reasonable practices and procedures to effectively prevent telephone solicitation in violation of this section, including using in accordance with applicable federal regulations a version of the National Do Not Call Registry obtained from the administrator of the registry no more than thirty-one days prior to the date a telephone solicitation is made.

HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 218 (H.4628), SECTION 1, eff May 18, 2018.