South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

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

• H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
• 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
• Provider-Wide Exceptions & Position Statements
• Regulations
• Renal Dialysis Information
• Reporting Accident/Incidents
• Sanctions
• Tattoo Facility
• Our Offices - Location Map

What's New

• Guidelines For Facilities During Outbreaks Of Norovirus/Gastroenteritis (02/09/10)
• Proposed Regulation Revision of 61-84 (01/14/10)
• Holiday Safety Letter
• H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
• Level of Care Wavier
• Nursing Homes - Regulation 61-17
• Provider-Wide Exception Criminal Background Checks for Nursing Homes
• FDA Updates - Link to "Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak" related to Peanut Butter
• Tattoo Information and Updates
• Body Piercing Approved Health Training Programs
• Approved Midwifery Educational Program
• October 6, 2005 Memorandum (Supplemental) to Hospitals Concerning The Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act
• June 16, 2005 Memorandum to Hospitals Concerning The Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act
• Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act
• Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act

For additional information, contact: Division Director Nancy Maertens - (803) 545-4370