South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

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

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• What's New
• Accident/Incidents That Must Be Reported to Health Licensing
• Applications to Renew Licenses
• Community Residential Care Facility
• Complaints
• Criminal Background Checks for Direct Caregivers
• Emergency/Disaster Preparedness
• Facility / Activity Listings
• Forms
• Freestanding or Mobile Technology
• General Information
• Health Facilities Construction
• Hearing Aid License
• Invoice Payments
• Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act
• Licensing/Permit Procedures
• Links of Interest
• Mailing Addresses for Facilites
• Midwife
• Notices
• Nurse Licensure Compact Act and Licensed Facilities
• Organization Chart
• Our Offices - Location Map
• Provider-Wide Exceptions & Position Statements
• Regulations
• Renal Dialysis Information
• Reporting Accident/Incidents
• Sanctions
• Tattoo Facility

Procedures for Licensing a Home Health Agency

• Memorandum
• Enclosure 1: Sequence of Events for Licensure (pdf)
• Enclosure 2: Outpatient Application for Licensure (pdf)
• Enclosure 3: Procedures for Conducting State & Federal Criminal Background Checks
• Enclosure 4: Regulation 61-77, Standards for Licensing Home Health Agencies (pdf)

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 - Dennis Gibbs (803) 545-4370