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SC Code § 44-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 3 - Local Health Boards And Districts|Section 44-3-10. Municipal corporations may maintain boards of health; supervisory control.

 Municipal corporations of this State may establish and maintain a board of health which shall be authorized by the governing body of the municipality. The composition and method of selection of the board shall be within the discretion of the governing body of the municipality. The duties and powers of the board shall be designated by such governing body. However, the board and its employees shall function under the administration, control, guidance and direction of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The rules and regulations or operational procedures of any board established hereunder shall not be in conflict with any rule, regulation, or procedure of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, and in the event of any conflict, the rules, regulations and procedures of the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall prevail. Municipal boards of health shall, when requested by the Department of Health and Environmental Control, make reports on their activities to the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-61; 1952 Code Section 32-61; 1942 Code Sections 5027, 5028-1; 1932 Code Sections 1501, 5005; Civ. C. '22 Section 2316; Cr. C. '22 Section 449; Civ. C. '12 Section 1575; Cr. C. '12 Section 439; 1905 (24) 903; 1972 (57) 2288.
SC Code § 44-3-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 3 - Local Health Boards And Districts|Section 44-3-110. Creation of Catawba Health District; appointment of district medical director.

 There is hereby created the Catawba Health District consisting of Chester, Lancaster and York Counties. The Catawba Health District shall be a subdivision of the Department of Health and Environmental Control and shall be under the direction and control of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall appoint, after consultation with the District Advisory Council, a district medical director whose duty it shall be to protect the public health in the district.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-481; 1973 (58) 226; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1036.
SC Code § 44-3-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 3 - Local Health Boards And Districts|Section 44-3-120. Creation and membership of Advisory Council.

 There is also hereby created the Catawba Health District Advisory Council. Membership of the Advisory Council shall consist of sixteen members and shall be based upon population and community needs of the district. The initial membership shall consist of three members from Chester County, five members from Lancaster County and eight members from York County, who shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the legislative delegations of the respective counties. The members of the Advisory Council shall serve for a term of four years or until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that eight of the sixteen members of the initial Board shall serve for an initial term of two years. The eight members having two-year terms shall be chosen by lot. Advisory Council members shall be appointed for terms commencing July 1, 1973.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-482; 1973 (58) 226.
SC Code § 44-3-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 3 - Local Health Boards And Districts|Section 44-3-130. Powers and duties of Advisory Council.

 The Catawba Health District Advisory Council shall be subject to the supervisory and advisory control of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The District Advisory Council shall be charged with the duty of advising the district medical director in all matters of sanitary interest and scientific importance bearing upon the protection of the public health.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-483; 1973 (58) 226.
SC Code § 44-3-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 3 - Local Health Boards And Districts|Section 44-3-140. Officers of Advisory Council.

 The Advisory Council shall elect a chairman annually from its membership. The district medical director shall be secretary of the Advisory Council.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-484; 1973 (58) 226.
SC Code § 44-3-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 3 - Local Health Boards And Districts|Section 44-3-150. Direction and control of county health departments.

 The Chester County Health Department, the Lancaster County Health Department and the York County Health Department, including county health officers, medical directors and county administrators, shall be directly responsible to and under the direction and control of the district medical director who shall be responsible to and under the direction and control of the Director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-485; 1973 (58) 226; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1037.
SC Code § 44-4-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-100. Short title.

 This act may be cited as the "Emergency Health Powers Act."  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-110. Legislative findings and intent.

 The General Assembly finds that:  (1) the government must do more to protect the health, safety, and general well being of our citizens;  (2) new and emerging dangers, including emergent and resurgent infectious diseases and incidents of civilian mass casualties, pose serious and immediate threats;  (3) a renewed focus on the prevention, detection, management, and containment of public health emergencies is called for;  (4) emergency health threats, including those caused by chemical terrorism, radiological terrorism, bioterrorism, and epidemics, require the exercise of extraordinary government functions. Chemical terrorism and bioterrorism pose especial threats to the food supply of the State;  (5) this State must have the ability to respond, rapidly and effectively, to potential or actual public health emergencies;  (6) the exercise of emergency health powers must promote the common good;  (7) emergency health powers must be grounded in a thorough scientific understanding of public health threats and disease transmission;  (8) guided by principles of justice, it is the duty of this State to act with fairness and tolerance toward individuals and groups;  (9) the rights of people to liberty, bodily integrity, and privacy must be respected to the fullest extent possible consistent with the overriding importance of the public's health and security; and  (10) this act is necessary to protect the health and safety of the citizens of this State.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-120. Purpose.

 The purposes of this act are:  (1) to authorize the collection of data and records, the control of property, the management of persons, and access to communications as may be strictly necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act;  (2) to facilitate the early detection of a qualifying health event or public health emergency, and allow for immediate investigation of such an emergency by granting access to individuals' health information under specified circumstances;  (3) to grant state officials the authority to use and appropriate property as necessary for the care, treatment, and housing of patients, and for the destruction or decontamination of contaminated materials;  (4) to grant state officials the authority to provide care and treatment to persons who are ill or who have been exposed to infection, and to separate affected individuals from the population at large for the purpose of interrupting the transmission of infectious disease;  (5) to ensure that the needs of infected or exposed persons will be addressed to the fullest extent possible, given the primary goal of controlling serious health threats;  (6) to provide state officials with the ability to prevent, detect, manage, and contain emergency health threats without unduly interfering with civil rights and liberties; and  (7) to require the development of a comprehensive plan to provide for a coordinated, appropriate response in the event of a public health emergency.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-300. Powers over dangerous facilities and materials.

 After the declaration of a state of public health emergency, DHEC may exercise, in coordination with state agencies, local governments, and other organizations responsible for implementation of the emergency support functions in the State Emergency Operations Plan for handling dangerous facilities and materials, for such period as the state of public health emergency exists, the following powers over dangerous facilities or materials:  (1) to close, direct and compel the evacuation of, or to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated, any facility of which there is reasonable cause to believe that it may endanger the public health; and  (2) to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated, any material of which there is reasonable cause to believe that it may endanger the public health.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-310. Use of health care facility or services in response to public health emergency.

 DHEC, in coordination with the guidelines of the State Emergency Operations Plan, may, for such period as the state of public health emergency exists and as may be reasonable and necessary for emergency response, require a health care facility to provide services or the use of its facility if the services are reasonable and necessary to respond to the public health emergency as a condition of licensure, authorization, or the ability to continue doing business in the State as a health care facility. When DHEC needs the use or services of the facility to isolate or quarantine individuals during a public health emergency, the management and supervision of the health care facility must be coordinated with DHEC to ensure protection of existing patients and compliance with the terms of this act.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-330. Purchase and distribution of pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies; rationing and quotas.

 (A) After the declaration of a public health emergency, DHEC may purchase and distribute antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies that it considers advisable in the interest of preparing for or controlling a public health emergency, without any additional legislative authorization.  (B)(1) If a state of public health emergency results in a statewide or regional shortage or threatened shortage of any product covered by subsection (a), whether or not such product has been purchased by DHEC, DHEC may control, restrict, and regulate by rationing and using quotas, prohibitions on shipments, price fixing, allocation or other means, the use, sale, dispensing, distribution, or transportation of the relevant product necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the State. In making rationing or other supply and distribution decisions, DHEC must give preference to health care providers, disaster response personnel, and mortuary staff.  (2) During a state of public health emergency, DHEC may procure, store, or distribute any antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies located within the State as may be reasonable and necessary for emergency response, with the right to take immediate possession thereof.  (3) If a public health emergency simultaneously affects more than one state, nothing in this section shall be construed to allow DHEC to obtain antitoxins, serums, vaccines, immunizing agents, antibiotics, and other pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies for the primary purpose of hoarding such items or preventing their fair and equitable distribution among affected states.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-340. Destruction of property; civil proceedings.

 To the extent practicable and consistent with the protection of public health, prior to the destruction of any property under this article, DHEC in coordination with the applicable law enforcement agency must institute appropriate civil proceedings against the property to be destroyed in accordance with the existing laws and rules of the courts of this State or any such rules that may be developed by the courts for use during a state of public health emergency. Any property acquired by DHEC through such proceedings must, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction as the court may direct.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-500. Control and treatment of infectious disease.

 During a state of public health emergency, DHEC must use every available means to prevent the transmission of infectious disease and to ensure that all cases of infectious disease are subject to proper control and treatment.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-510. Physical examinations or tests; isolation or quarantine of persons refusing examination.

 (A)(1) During a state of public health emergency, DHEC may perform voluntary physical examinations or tests as necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of individuals.  (2) DHEC may isolate or quarantine, pursuant to the sections of this act and its existing powers under Section 44-1-140, any person whose refusal of physical examination or testing results in uncertainty regarding whether he or she has been exposed to or is infected with a contagious or possibly contagious disease or otherwise poses a danger to public health.  (B)(1) Physical examinations or tests may be performed by any qualified person authorized to do so by DHEC.  (2) Physical examinations or tests must not be reasonably likely to result in serious harm to the affected individual.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-520. Vaccinations and treatment.

 (A) During a state of public health emergency, DHEC may exercise the following emergency powers, in addition to its existing powers, over persons as necessary to address the public health emergency:  (1) to vaccinate persons as protection against infectious disease and to prevent the spread of contagious or possibly contagious disease;  (2) to treat persons exposed to or infected with disease; and  (3) to prevent the spread of contagious or possibly contagious disease, DHEC may isolate or quarantine, pursuant to the applicable sections of this act, persons who are unable or unwilling for any reason (including, but not limited to, health, religion, or conscience) to undergo vaccination or treatment pursuant to this section.  (B) Vaccinations or treatment, or both, must be provided only to those individuals who agree to the vaccinations or treatment, or both.  (C)(1) Vaccination may be performed by any qualified person authorized by DHEC.  (2) To be administered pursuant to this section, a vaccine must not be such as is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm to the affected individual.  (D)(1) Treatment must be administered by any qualified person authorized to do so by DHEC.  (2) Treatment must not be such as is reasonably likely to lead to serious harm to the affected individual.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-550. Specimen collection and testing.

 (A)(1) DHEC may, for such period as the state of public health emergency exists, collect or cause to be collected specimens and perform tests on any person or animal, living or deceased, and acquire any previously collected specimens or test results that are reasonable and necessary to respond to the public health emergency.  (2) Specimens shall be collected only from those individuals who agree to have specimens collected or who agree to have tests performed.  (3) All specimens must be clearly marked.  (4) Specimen collection, handling, storage, and transport to the testing site must be performed in a manner that will reasonably preclude specimen contamination or adulteration and provide for the safe collection, storage, handling, and transport of the specimen.  (5) Any person authorized to collect specimens or perform tests must use chain of custody procedures to ensure proper recordkeeping, handling, labeling, and identification of specimens to be tested. This requirement applies to all specimens, including specimens collected using on-site testing kits.  (B) Any business, facility, or agency authorized to collect specimens or perform tests must provide such support as is reasonable and necessary to aid in a relevant criminal investigation.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-4-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 4 - Emergency Health Powers|Section 44-4-560. Access to protected health information; disclosure.

 (A) Access to protected health information of persons who have participated in medical testing, treatment, vaccination, isolation, or quarantine programs or efforts by DHEC during a public health emergency is limited to those persons having a legitimate need to:  (1) provide treatment to the individual who is the subject of the health information;  (2) conduct epidemiological research; or  (3) investigate the causes of transmission.  (B) Protected health information held by DHEC must not be disclosed to others without individual specific informed authorization except for disclosures made:  (1) directly to the individual;  (2) to the individual's immediate family members or life partners;  (3) to appropriate state or federal agencies or authorities when necessary to protect public health;  (4) to health care personnel where needed to protect the health or life of the individual who is the subject of the information;  (5) pursuant to a court order or executive order of the Governor to avert a clear danger to an individual or the public health; or  (6) to coroners, medical examiners, or funeral directors or others dealing with human remains to identify a deceased individual or determine the manner or cause of death.  HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 24, eff July 2, 2002.
SC Code § 44-5-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-10. Short title.

 This chapter may be cited as the "State Health Planning and Development Act".  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-501; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-20. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (1) The "state health planning and development agency" or "state agency" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  (2) The "federal act" means Public Law 93-641, known as the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (Titles XV and XVI of the Public Health Services Act).  (3) "State program" means the state administrative program.  (4) "SHCC" means the South Carolina Statewide Health Coordinating Council.  (5) "The secretary" means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare.  (6) "Health systems agency" (HSA) means an entity which is organized, operated and designated in accordance with the federal act.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-502; 1968 (55) 2400; 1971 (57) 901; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-40. Development of state program; collection of statistics and other data regarding health planning and development.

 The state health planning and development agency shall develop, in compliance with the federal act, a state program for health planning and development for approval by the secretary. The state agency shall make statistical reports and other reports deemed essential to the determination of the level of health status of services in the State and may collect such information required by the federal act. The state agency shall coordinate with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and other agencies as appropriate in order to identify the data necessary for health planning and to develop the systems necessary to collect the data within the appropriate organizational structure. All possible efforts should be made by the state agency to use existing data systems in an effort to avoid duplication of effort. Where information necessary for health planning is collected by any person other than the state agency, such information, if requested, shall be made available to the state agency provided any reasonable mandates, guidelines or restrictions concerning confidentiality and dissemination of information which are applicable to this information as originally collected are not violated. A written explanation of how such data and reports will be used, and in what form and text the information will be disseminated, will be provided to those persons providing the information at least fifteen days prior to the general distribution of the information. The state agency shall be responsible for the functions prescribed for it by the federal act. The state agency shall consult with the Governor during the planning process in sufficient time for input and interaction prior to final consideration of the state health plan. It is the intent of this provision to have consultation and cooperation between the state agency and the Governor in the preparation and development of the state health plan.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-504; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-50. Statewide health coordinating council.

 The Governor shall appoint a statewide health coordinating council to perform functions in compliance with provisions of the federal act for SHCC.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-505; 1968 (55) 2400; 1971 (57) 901; 1972 (57) 2382, 2392, 2616; 1979 Act No. 45.
SC Code § 44-5-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 5 - State Health Planning And Development Act|Section 44-5-60. Meetings of council.

 The SHCC and any of its advisory committees shall conduct all of its business meetings in public and the SHCC shall meet at least once in each calendar quarter of a year.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-506; 1968 (55) 2400; 1979 Act No. 45.