As used in this article: (1) 'Administrative law judge' means a judge of the South Carolina Administrative Law Court created pursuant to Section 1-23-500; (2) 'Agency' means each state board, commission, department, or officer, other than the legislature, the courts, or the Administrative Law Court, authorized by law to determine contested cases; (3) 'Contested case' means a proceeding including, but not restricted to, ratemaking, price fixing, and licensing, in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by an agency after an opportunity for hearing; (4) 'License' includes the whole or part of any agency permit, franchise, certificate, approval, registration, charter, or similar form of permission required by law, but it does not include a license required solely for revenue purposes; (5) 'Party' means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party; (6) 'Person' means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency. HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. Person' means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision, or public or private organization of any character other than an agency. HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 176, Art. II, Section 1; 1980 Act No. 442, Section 7; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 16; 1998 Act No. 359, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 334, Section 3, eff June 16, 2008.
South Carolina Legal Code