South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 103 - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Article 2 - MOTOR CARRIERS
Subarticle 10 - ANNUAL REPORTS AND ACCOUNTING METHODS AND PROCEDURES
Section 103-233 - Inspection of Vehicles, Books, Records, etc

1. Carrier to Cooperate with Inspections. Auditors, accountants, inspectors, examiners, and other agents of the ORS, upon demand and display of proper credentials, shall be permitted by any carrier operating under a Certificate of PC&N and FWA to examine and copy the books, records accounts, bills of lading, load sheets, manifest, correspondence, and other records of such carrier relating to the transportation of property or passengers and to examine the vehicles, terminals, buildings, and other equipment and facilities used by such carrier in such transportation business, and carriers operating under a Charter Bus Certificate shall permit any designated agent of the ORS to inspect records related to insurance coverages and/or safety, and all such carriers shall instruct their drivers, agents, and employees in charge of such records, equipment, and facilities to cooperate with such examination.

2. Information Not Be Divulged. No inspector or other agent of the ORS shall knowingly and willfully divulge any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of any such examination for inspection, except to the commission or the ORS or as may be directed by the commission and ORS or by a court or judge thereof.

3. Refusal to Allow Inspection Is Violation. Refusal of any carrier or employee of any carrier or independent contractor operating a motor vehicle pursuant to the carriers certificated authority issued by the commission to provide information under this article upon demand is a violation of these rules and the Motor Vehicle Carrier Law and is punishable as provided by S.C. Code Section 58-23-80.