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SC Code § 44-31-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-120. Commitment of tuberculosis patient; duration.

 If the judge of probate, after notice and hearing, is satisfied that the petition is well founded, the judge may commit the person to a facility designated by the department, and the commitment continues until the department notifies the probate judge that the person is no longer a threat to the public's health.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-632; 1952 Code Section 32-632; 1948 (45) 1934; 1953 (48) 149; 1973 (58) 240; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-130. Appeal of commitment; no stay pending appeal available.

 A person committed to a facility under the terms of this article has the right to appeal to a court having jurisdiction for review of the evidence under which the person was committed. The order of commitment must not be stayed pending appeal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-633; 1952 Code Section 32-633; 1948 (45) 1934; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-140. Isolation or forcible detention.

 If a person committed to a facility pursuant to this article leaves without permission or, in the opinion of the department, endangers the public, staff, or other patients, the department is empowered to isolate and forceably detain the person if necessary until such time as the person no longer poses a risk to others.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-634; 1952 Code Section 32-634; 1948 (45) 1934; 1953 (48) 149; 1972 (57) 2605; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-150. Detention in local detention facility limited.

 A person committed under the provisions of this article who is detained solely for treatment or isolation in a facility designated by the department may not be committed to a local detention facility.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-637; 1952 Code Section 32-637; 1948 (45) 1934; 1953 (48) 149; 1972 (57) 2289; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-160. Report of leave without permission; judge to order sheriff to return patient to facility or secure prison facility.

 If a person lawfully detained or committed pursuant to this article to a facility leaves the facility without permission of the attending physician, the department shall report this information to the judge of probate of the county from which the patient was committed, and the judge of probate shall call upon the sheriff of the county to return the patient to the facility or to a secure prison facility if necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-635; 1952 Code Section 32-635; 1948 (45) 1934; 1953 (48) 149; 1972 (57) 2604; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-170. Requirement of certification of danger by two physicians for compulsory treatment; examination not compulsory treatment.

 A person must not be required to take compulsory treatment under the provisions of this article until two physicians licensed to practice in this State certify that the person sought to be confined for treatment has tuberculosis in a contagious state and constitutes a danger to the health of others unless the person is hospitalized and given treatment. An examination conducted pursuant to Section 44-31-105 of a person with suspected tuberculosis is not compulsory treatment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-636; 1952 Code Section 32-636; 1948 (45) 1934; 1973 (58) 259; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-190. Construction and application of article.

 No provision of this article may be construed as interfering with the ordinary admission of tuberculosis patients to a facility through channels that have customarily been followed in the past, and this article applies only to cases that have proved to be beyond ordinary, reasonable methods of control. This article does not apply to persons suffering from mental illness; these persons must be treated by the Department of Mental Health.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-638; 1952 Code Section 32-638; 1948 (45) 1934; 1953 (48) 149; 1972 (57) 2605; 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-200. Promulgation of regulations authorized.

 The department may promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff June 14, 2011.
SC Code § 44-31-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-310. County authorities shall provide separate cells, rooms, or places for tuberculous prisoners.

 The county supervisors and governing bodies of the respective counties shall provide in the jails or places of confinement where prisoners are committed for keeping or sentenced to a term of imprisonment separate cells, rooms or places in which shall be confined all prisoners who may be committed for keeping or sentenced to a term of imprisonment who are affected with tuberculosis.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-651; 1952 Code Section 32-651; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196.
SC Code § 44-31-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-320. Examination of prisoners or inmates by physician.

 The county supervisor or sheriff of any county, when a prisoner or inmate is placed in his custody who the official has reason to suspect is suffering with tuberculosis, shall have such prisoner or inmate examined by a physician and if such prisoner or inmate shall be pronounced by the examining physician as a tuberculous person, then the prisoner or inmate shall be placed in the separate cell, room or place provided for by Section 44-31-310.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-652; 1952 Code Section 32-652; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196.
SC Code § 44-31-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-330. Examination within five days after commitment.

 The jailer, keeper or warden of every place of confinement designated in this article shall have all prisoners and inmates who are suspected to be suffering with tuberculosis examined within five days after they have been committed.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-653; 1952 Code Section 32-653; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196.
SC Code § 44-31-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-340. Penal and charitable institutions shall provide separate places for tuberculous prisoners and inmates.

 Superintendents and boards of directors of all State penal and charitable institutions shall provide separate places of confinement for all prisoners and inmates who have been pronounced by the physician in charge as tuberculous persons.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-654; 1952 Code Section 32-654; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196.
SC Code § 44-31-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-350. Association of prisoners on public works not prohibited.

 Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to interfere with or prevent the county authorities from working or housing together all prisoners on public works as provided by law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-656; 1952 Code Section 32-656; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196.
SC Code § 44-31-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-360. Penalty.

 A person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-657; 1952 Code Section 32-657; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196; 1993 Act No. 184, Section 235.
SC Code § 44-31-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-510. State Park Health Center transferred to Department of Health and Environmental Control; title to real property vested in State.

 All powers, duties, personnel, funds and personal property of the State Park Health Center are hereby transferred to the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The title to all real property is hereby vested in the State of South Carolina, to be administered by the State Department of Administration.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-885.1; 1972 (57) 2807.
SC Code § 44-31-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-520. Payment for medical care and hospitalization.

 Patients who are able to pay for their medical care and hospitalization shall be required to do so.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-891; 1953 (48) 149.
SC Code § 44-31-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis|Section 44-31-610. Creation, membership, and duties of Tuberculosis Control Advisory Committee.

 There is hereby created the Tuberculosis Control Advisory Committee to be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  The Committee shall consist of six members who shall serve for terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. The present chairman of the South Carolina Sanatorium Board shall be appointed as an original member of the Committee.  The other five members shall consist of: two practicing physicians (one from the South Carolina Thoracic Society and one from the South Carolina Medical Association); one representative from the South Carolina Department of Social Services; one representative from the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department; and one representative from the South Carolina Tuberculosis Association.  The Committee shall advise the Department of Health and Environmental Control in all matters relating to the control, prevention and treatment of tuberculosis and chronic respiratory diseases.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-11; 1968 (55) 2453.
SC Code § 44-32-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Body piercing" means the creation of an opening in the body of a human being so as to create a permanent hole for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. This includes, but is not limited to, piercing of an ear, lip, tongue, nose, or eyebrow. "Body piercing" for the purpose of this chapter does not include piercing an ear lobe with a disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear lobe.  (2) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  (3) "Body piercing facility" means any room, space, location, area, structure, or business, or any part of any of these places, where body piercing is practiced or where the business of body piercing is conducted.  (4) "Body piercing technician" means a person who practices body piercing and who meets the requirements of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-20. Sterilization, sanitation, and safety standards; certificate of completion of blood-borne pathogens and body piercing infection control course; permits.

 (A) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall establish sterilization, sanitation, and safety standards for persons engaged in the business of body piercing. The department shall provide the necessary resources to support the development of these standards. The standards must be directed at establishment and maintenance of sterile conditions and safe disposal of instruments. The standards may be modified as appropriate to protect consumers from transmission of contagious diseases through cross-contamination of instruments and supplies.  (B) Prior to applying to the department for a permit, a body piercing facility must ensure that all body piercing technicians obtain a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a course in blood- borne pathogens and body piercing infection control as approved by the department; the body piercing facility must then apply for and obtain a permit issued by the department, who shall issue such permits, renewable annually, upon presentation of a certificate of each body piercing technician's initial and annual certification of successful completion of a course in blood-borne pathogens and body piercing infection control and payment of an annual permitting fee of three hundred dollars per body piercing facility.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-40. Registration and permits; fees; additional charges.

 (A) Every person engaged in the business of body piercing shall register by October 1, 2000, with the department. Upon completion of all the requirements of permitting, the body piercing facility shall receive a body piercing permit. A permitted facility shall:  (1) obtain a copy of the department's standards from the department, sign an acknowledgment upon receipt of the standards, and commit to meet the standards;  (2) provide the department with its business address and the address at which the permittee performs any activity regulated by this chapter;  (3) pay an annual permit fee of three hundred dollars to the department;  (4) post the body piercing facility permit in a conspicuous place on the premises of a licensed body piercing facility.  (B) The department may charge an additional amount if necessary to cover the cost of inspection.  (C) Fees established by this chapter must be used exclusively in support of activities pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-50. Body piercing technician requirements.

 (A) A body piercing technician must be at least eighteen years old and shall possess a current Red Cross First Aid certification or an American Safety and Health Institute certification, or certification from a program that meets or exceeds the certification standards of the Red Cross First Aid or the American Safety and Health Institute, and Adult Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification. The Red Cross First Aid certification must be renewed every three years, and the Adult CPR certification must be renewed annually. A body piercing technician must conspicuously display:  (1) the annual certificate of successful completion of a course in CPR and infection control as approved by the department; and  (2) the annual permit issued by the department.  (B) A body piercing technician must comply with all applicable federal Office of Safety and Health Administration requirements or guidelines.  (C) A body piercing technician must obtain a certificate attesting to the successful completion of a course in blood-borne pathogens and body piercing infection control as approved by the department.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 206, Section 2, eff May 14, 2008.
SC Code § 44-32-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-60. Inspections; blood donor disqualification notice; verification of recipient's age; right of action.

 (A) The department may conduct the following inspections of the locations at which permittees under this chapter conduct regulated activities:  (1) an initial inspection which must be successfully completed as a condition of permitting;  (2) an inspection after any complaint is filed with the department; and  (3) no-notice inspections which may be conducted by the department at any time without previous notification to the body piercing facility.  (B) Each body piercing location shall conspicuously display a clearly legible notice to patrons informing them of any disqualification which body piercing may confer upon a prospective blood donor according to the current and subsequent amendments to standards of the American Association of Blood Banks. This notice also must appear in any informed consent or release form which a body piercer uses. This informed consent or release form must be signed by the prospective client and must contain, at a minimum, aftercare suggestions for the specific piercing site.  (C) A body piercing technician shall verify by means of a picture identification that a recipient is at least eighteen years of age. For purposes of this section, "picture identification" means (a) a valid South Carolina driver's license; or (b) an official photographic identification card issued by the South Carolina Department of Revenue, a federal or state law enforcement agency, an agency of the United States Department of Defense, or United States Department of State. Proof that the defendant demanded, was shown, and reasonably relied upon proof of age is a defense to an action brought pursuant to this section.  (D) A person who has his or her body pierced while under the age of eighteen in violation of subsection (C) above may bring an action in the circuit court against the person convicted of the violation to recover actual damages and punitive damages plus costs of the action and attorney's fees.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-70. Regulations; business license or permit.

 (A) A department may adopt regulations that do not conflict with, or are more comprehensive than, the provisions of this chapter or with the standards adopted by the department and promulgated by regulations by the department.  (B) This chapter does not limit the department's ability to require a registrant to obtain any business license or permit that the department finds appropriate.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-80. Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew permit; probation.

 The department may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or renew a permit pursuant to this chapter or may place a body piercing facility on probation upon proof that the operator of the facility under this chapter has:  (1) failed to maintain a business address or telephone number at which the facility may be reached during business hours;  (2) failed to maintain proper safety, sanitation, or sterilization procedures as established by law or by department regulations;  (3) obtained a body piercing facility license through fraud or deceit; or  (4) violated any applicable law or regulation.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-100. Time for compliance.

 On or after October 1, 2000, a person seeking to engage in the business of body piercing shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-110. Physician or surgeon activities exempted.

 This chapter does not restrict the activities of a physician or surgeon licensed pursuant to the laws of this State.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-32-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 32 - Body Piercing|Section 44-32-120. Minors or persons impaired by drugs, alcohol, or otherwise incapable of consenting; unhealthy skin surfaces; penalty.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to perform or offer to perform body piercing upon a person under the age of eighteen years, unless the body piercing is performed in the presence of, or as directed by a notarized writing by, the person's parent or legal guardian.  (B) This section does not apply to the body piercing of an emancipated minor.  (C) The minor upon whom body piercing is performed, or the parent or legal guardian of that minor or any other minor, is not liable for punishment pursuant to this section.  (D) Body piercing may not be performed upon a person impaired by drugs or alcohol. A person is considered incapable of consenting to body piercing and incapable of understanding body piercing procedures and aftercare suggestions.  (E) Body piercing may not be performed on skin surfaces having a rash, pimples, boils, infections, or evidence of unhealthy conditions.  (F) A person who violates a provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined up to two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned up to one year, or both.  (G) All fines collected must be remitted to the State Treasurer to be credited to the Department of Health and Environmental Control in a separate and distinct account to be used solely to carry out and enforce the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 249, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-33-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 33 - Sickle Cell Anemia|Section 44-33-10. Sickle cell anemia education and prevention program.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control is hereby authorized to initiate a sickle cell education and prevention program based entirely upon voluntary cooperation of the individuals involved. The program shall provide:  (a) Laboratory testing of black citizens in the reproductive ages to determine the presence of the sickle cell gene;  (b) Counselling for persons identified as carriers of the sickle cell gene, for the purpose of preventing sickle cell anemia in the future offspring of such carriers;  (c) Referral of persons with sickle cell anemia, as necessary, so that they may obtain proper medical care and treatment;  (d) Basic education to the general public about sickle cell disease, so as to eradicate the stigma attached to this malady.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-562; 1972 (57) 3013.
SC Code § 44-34-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 34 - Tattooing|Section 44-34-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  (2) "Tattoo facility" means any room, space, location, area, structure, or business, or any part of any of these places, where tattooing is practiced or where the business of tattooing is conducted.  (3) "Tattoo artist" means a person who practices body tattooing and who meets the requirements of this chapter.  (4) "Tattoo or tattooing" means to indelibly mark or color the skin by subcutaneous introduction of nontoxic dyes or pigments.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 250, Section 1, eff June 17, 2004.