South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-115 - Environmental Electronic Reporting Requirements
Section 61-115.IV - USE OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT RECEIVING SYSTEM
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(a) When the Department has announced that it is accepting specified electronic documents, persons who submit electronic documents to the Department to satisfy requirements of a federal or state program must use the electronic document receiving system and associated procedures designated by the Department.
(b) Persons desiring to use an electronic signature device must execute an electronic signature agreement with handwritten wet ink signature or by using an electronic identity verification system utilized by the Department.
(c) An electronic signature device is compromised if the code or mechanism is available for use by any other individual.
(d) An electronic document must bear the valid electronic signature of a signatory if that signatory is required under the federal or state program to sign the paper document for which the electronic document substitutes.
(e) An electronic signature on an electronic document is valid if it has been created with an electronic signature device that the identified signatory is uniquely entitled to use for signing that document; the device has not been compromised; and the signatory is an individual who is authorized to sign the document by virtue of his or her legal status and/or his or her relationship to the entity on whose behalf the signature is executed.
(f) The presence of an electronic signature on an electronic document submitted to the Department establishes that the signatory intended to sign the electronic document and submit it to the Department to fulfill the purpose of the electronic document.
