South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

We promote and protect the health of the public and the environment.

• What's New
• Accident/Incidents That Must Be Reported to Health Licensing (pdf)
• Applications to Renew Licenses
• Community Residential Care Facility
• Complaints
• Criminal Records Check Procedures
• Emergency/Disaster Preparedness
• Facility / Activity Listings
• Facilities Providing Alzheimer Care (pdf)
• Forms
• Freestanding or Mobile Technology
• General Information
• Health Facilities Construction
• Hearing Aid License
• In-Home Care Providers
• Invoice Payments
• Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act (pdf)
• Licensing/Permit Procedures
• Links of Interest
• Mailing Addresses for Facilities (csv)
• Midwife
• Notices
• Nurse Licensure Compact Act & Licensed Facilities (pdf)
• Nursing Homes
• Organization Chart (pdf)
• Provider-Wide Exceptions & Position Statements
• Public Awareness
• Regulations
• Renal Dialysis Information
• Reporting Accident/Incidents (09/14/2006)
• Sanctions
• Tattoo Facility
• Our Offices - Location Map

Procedures for Licensing a (New or Existing Structure) Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF)

• Sequence of Events Leading to Licensure (CRCF New)
• Obtaining Construction Plans for Review (CRCF New)
• License Application (New or Renew)
• Resident's Bill of Rights - English or Spanish
• Omnibus Adult Protection Act Notice
• List of Suggested Diet Manuals
• Map & Directions to Health Regulation Offices
• Emergency Order of August 30, 2004
• Emergency/Disaster Plan Checklist
• Procedures for Conducting State & Federal Criminal Background Checks
• Regulation 61-84, Standards for Licensing - Community Residential Care Facilities

Information will be added to this site as it becomes available. If you want to access specific information that is not currently available here, please e-mail Joe Randall with your request.

For additional information, contact: Division Director Gwendolyn Thompson - (803) 545-4370