S.C. Code Ann. § 37-6-108 – Administrative enforcement orders

(1) After notice and hearing the Administrator may order a creditor or a person acting in his behalf to cease and desist from engaging in violations of this title. A respondent aggrieved by an order of the Administrator may obtain judicial review of the order and the Administrator may obtain an order of the court for enforcement of its order in the court of common pleas. The proceeding for review or enforcement is initiated by filing a petition in the court. Copies of the petition shall be served upon all parties of record.
(2) Within thirty days after service of the petition for review upon the Administrator, or within any further time the court may allow, the Administrator shall transmit to the court the original or a certified copy of the entire record upon which the order is based, including any transcript of testimony, which need not be printed. By stipulation of all parties to the review proceeding, the record may be shortened. After hearing, the court may (a) reverse or modify the order if the findings of fact of the Administrator are clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record, (b) grant any temporary relief or restraining order it deems just, and (c) enter an order enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the Administrator, or remanding the case to the Administrator for further proceedings.
(3) An objection not urged at the hearing shall not be considered by the court unless the failure to urge the objection is excused for good cause shown. A party may move the court to remand the case to the Administrator in the interest of justice for the purpose of adducing additional specified and material evidence and seeking findings thereon upon good cause shown for the failure to adduce this evidence before the Administrator.
(4) The jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its final judgment or decree may be appealed in the manner provided by the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules. The administrator's copy of the testimony shall be available at reasonable times to all parties for examination without cost.
(5) A proceeding for review under this section must be initiated within thirty days after a copy of the order of the Administrator is received. If no proceeding is so initiated, the Administrator may obtain a decree of the court of common pleas for enforcement of its order upon a showing that the order was issued in compliance with this section, that no proceeding for review was initiated within thirty days after copy of the order was received, and that the respondent is subject to the jurisdiction of the court.
(6) For purposes of this section and Sections 37-6-117 and 37-6-118, a violation of the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act which arises out of the production, promotion, or sale of consumer goods, services, or interests in land is deemed to be a violation of this title subject to action by the administrator.
(7) Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, the following administrative penalties, in the discretion of the administrator, may be levied against persons found to have engaged in violations of this title pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:
1. (a) If the violator is found to have violated repeatedly and intentionally any provision of this title, the violator must be fined in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars and not to exceed ten thousand dollars for any transaction or occurrence or set of transactions or occurrences which violated multiple provisions of this title.
2. (b) If the violator is shown to have violated any previous lawful order of the administrator or court of competent jurisdiction, the violator, in the discretion of the administrator, may be fined in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars for each violation.
3. (c) The penalties in items (a) and (b) of this subsection are in addition to any other penalties provided by law or any other remedies provided by law.
(8) The administrator may make findings and issue cease and desist orders regarding unconscionable conduct or unconscionable debt collection pursuant to this section, but he may not award damage, treble damage, or attorney's fee remedies to affected customers in these hearings.