South Carolina § 40-29-80 - Suspension, revocation, restriction, or denial of license.

§ 40-29-80. Suspension, revocation, restriction, or denial of license.

(A) The board may suspend for a determinate period, revoke, or restrict a license issued to a licensee or authorized official under the provisions of this chapter for:

(1) false, misleading, or deceptive advertising;

(2) knowingly contracting or performing a service beyond the scope of the license;

(3) misrepresentation or omission of a material fact by the applicant in obtaining a license;

(4) misrepresentation or omission of a material fact in a manufactured home transaction;

(5) failure to comply with the warranty requirements of this chapter or regulations of the board pursuant to those requirements;

(6) failure by a manufacturer or dealer to transfer good and sufficient title to the purchaser of a manufactured home;

(7) failing to have an established place of business;

(8) wilfully defrauding a retail buyer, to the buyer's damage through misrepresentation or misappropriation of funds belonging to the buyer;

(9) employment of fraudulent devices, methods, or practices in connection with compliance with the requirements of this chapter;

(10) having used unfair methods of competition or deceptive acts or practices;

(11) knowingly advertising or selling a used manufactured home as a new manufactured home;

(12) failing to obtain a license before doing business in this State;

(13) having knowingly failed or refused to account for or to pay funds or other valuables belonging to others which have come into the licensee's possession arising out of the sale of manufactured homes;

(14) failing to appear before the board upon due notice or to follow directives of the board;

(15) failing to comply with adopted state or federal standards in the manufacture, sale, installation, repair, modification, or delivery of manufactured housing;

(16) employing unlicensed retail salesmen or persons barred from participating in a business licensed by the board or knowingly contracting with an unlicensed manufactured home contractor, installer, or repairer;

(17) knowingly purchasing a manufactured home from an unlicensed manufacturer or knowingly selling or offering a manufactured home to an unlicensed manufactured home dealer;

(18) conviction of a felony within the prior seven years or other crime of moral turpitude.

(B) Any licensee whose license has been suspended or revoked, or any person who has applied for a license but whose application has been denied, is barred from participating in any manner in a business licensed by the board until that person has obtained a license or the person's license has been restored.

(C) No business licensed by the board may permit or allow a person identified in subsection (B) to participate in any manner in the business licensed by the board.

(D) Violations of this section are subject to the sanctions provided for in Section 40-29-60(C).

HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 61, SECTION 1.

Editor's Note

Prior Laws:1989 Act No. 128, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-29-150.