S.C. Code Ann. § 16-17-446
§ 16-17-446. Regulation of automatically dialed announcing device (ADAD).
(A)
"Adad" means an automatically dialed announcing device which delivers a recorded message without
assistance by a live operator for the purpose of making an unsolicited consumer telephone call as defined in
Section 16-17-445(A)(3). Adad calls include automatically announced calls of a political nature including,
but not limited to, calls relating to political campaigns.
(B)
Adad calls are prohibited except:
(1)
in response to an express request of the person called;
(2)
when primarily connected with an existing debt or contract, payment or performance of which has not been
completed at the time of the call;
(3)
in response to a person with whom the telephone solicitor has an existing business relationship or has had
a previous business relationship.
(C)
Adad calls which are not prohibited under subsection (B):
(1)
are subject to Section 16-17-445(B)(1), (2), and (3);
(2)
shall disconnect immediately when the called party hangs up;
(3)
are prohibited after seven p.m. or before eight a.m.;
(4)
may not ring at hospitals, police stations, fire departments, nursing homes, hotels, or vacation rental
units.
(D)
A person who violates this section, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 16-17-445(F).
