South Carolina § 40-81-450 - Administrative citations, cease and desist orders, and penalties.
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§ 40-81-450. Administrative citations, cease and desist orders, and penalties.
(A) The department representative may issue administrative citations and cease and desist orders and may assess administrative penalties against a person for violations of this chapter and Chapter 1.
(B) Separate citations may be issued and separate administrative penalties may be assessed against a person for each violation; however, no more than two thousand five hundred dollars in administrative penalties may be assessed against a person per day.
(C) Administrative penalties authorized under this section are separate from and in addition to all other remedies, either civil or criminal.
(D) A person assessed administrative penalties may protest those penalties to the commission within ten working days of receipt of the citation. If a protest is filed, the department shall schedule a hearing upon not less than thirty days' notice before the commission, which shall make a determination in the matter. If no protest is filed, the citation is deemed a final order and the administrative penalties must be paid within thirty days of receipt of the citation or other written demand.
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 28, SECTION 1.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 40-81-450 ("Administrative citations, cease and desist orders, and penalties.") 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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