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

What's New

• Emergency Evacuation Plan Submission Requirements (pdf) (04/25/13)
• Evacuation Planning for Home Health and Hospice Agencies (04/30/2013)
• DHEC Guidance on Flu in Residential Care Facilities (12/13/12) (pdf)
• Reporting Issues Caused by Extreme Weather (pdf)
• Department Access to Records and Information (pdf)
• Temporary Modification of Nursing Home Staffing Standards for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (PS-R017-20110609) (pdf)
• Body Piercing Definition-Surface Anchor, Microdermal, and Single-point Piercing (PS-R109-20110401) (pdf)
• Alternative Process for Initial Licensure of Midwives (03/18/11) (pdf)
• Guidelines For Facilities During Outbreaks Of Norovirus/Gastroenteritis (02/09/10) (pdf)
• October 6, 2005 Memorandum (Supplemental) to Hospitals Concerning The Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act (pdf)
• June 16, 2005 Memorandum to Hospitals Concerning The Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act (pdf)
• Lewis Blackman Hospital Patient Safety Act (pdf)
• Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act (pdf)

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