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 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 (pdf)
• Licensing/Permit Procedures
• Links of Interest
• Mailing Addresses for Facilites(xls)
• Midwife
• Notices
• Nurse Licensure Compact Act and Licensed Facilities (pdf)
• Organization Chart (pdf)
• Our Offices - Location Map
• Perinatal Regionalized Care System (pdf)
• Physician Visits in Nursing Homes (pdf)
• Provider-Wide Exceptions & Position Statements
• Regulations
• Renal Dialysis Information
• Reporting Accident/Incidents (pdf)
• Sanctions
• Tattoo Facility

Notices Related to Licensing and Operating a Health Care Facility

• The Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act (pdf)
• Emergency Evacuation Order (pdf)
• Resident's Bill of Rights (English) (pdf)
• Resident's Bill of Rights (Spanish) (pdf)
• Omnibus Adult Protection Act Notice (pdf)
• Noted Trends on Inspections of Renal Dialysis Facilities (pdf)
• Vapor Concentration Monitoring - Renal Dialysis Facilities (pdf)
• Reportable Incidents and Accidents - Renal Dialysis Facilities (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