South Carolina § 23-39-40 Prohibited acts.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 23-39-40 — Prohibited acts.

South Carolina § 23-39-40

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 39HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 23-39-40 (2026).

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The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited:

(a)The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance.

(b)The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, a hazardous substance if such act is done while the substance is in commerce, or while the substance is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in commerce, and results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance.

(c)The receipt in commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or

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The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: (a) The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance. (b) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the whole or any part of the label of, or the doing of any other act with respect to, a hazardous substance if such act is done while the substance is in commerce, or while the substance is held for sale (whether or not the first sale) after shipment in commerce, and results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance. (c) The receipt in commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance and the delivery or proffered delivery thereof for pay or otherwise. (d) The giving of a guarantee or undertaking referred to in Section 23-39-50(b)(2) which guarantee or undertaking is false, except by a person who relied upon a guarantee or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance. (e) The failure to permit entry or inspection as authorized by Section 23-39-100(a) or to permit access to and copying of any record as authorized by Section 23-39-110. (f) The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce, or the receipt in commerce and subsequent delivery or proffered delivery for pay or otherwise, of a hazardous substance in a reused food, drug, or cosmetic container or in a container which, though not a reused container, is identifiable as a food, drug, or cosmetic container by its labeling or by other identification. The reuse of a food, drug, or cosmetic container as a container for a hazardous substance shall be deemed to be an act which results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance. As used in this paragraph, the terms "food," "drug," and "cosmetic" shall have the same meanings as in the South Carolina Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (g) The use by any person to his own advantage, or revealing other than to the Commissioner or officers or employees of the agency, or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this chapter, of any information acquired under authority of Section 23-39-100 concerning any method of process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.