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SC Code § 23-3-47 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-47. South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service; criminal background checks.

 A person seeking a covered position, as defined in 45 C.F.R. 2540, or who otherwise volunteers or serves in a position supported, sponsored, or administered by the South Carolina Commission on National and Community Service (commission), must undergo a state criminal history background check, supported by fingerprints by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and a national criminal history background check, supported by fingerprints by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), unless the commission determines that the background check requirement for that person has been satisfied through another process. The results of these criminal history background checks must be reported to the commission. SLED is authorized to retain the fingerprints for certification purposes and for notification of the commission regarding criminal charges. The cost of the state criminal history background check may not exceed eight dollars and must be paid by the commission upon application for the state check. The cost of the national criminal history background check is established by the FBI and must be paid by the commission upon application for the national check.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 163 (S.817), Section 1, eff May 16, 2014.
SC Code § 23-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-50. Revenue from certain fees and licenses to be remitted to State Treasurer.

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all revenue from fees and licenses received by the State Law Enforcement Division related to enforcement and regulation of private detective and security companies (Section 40-17-160 of the 1976 Code), gun dealers (Section 16-23-10), gun permits (Section 17-5-110) and massage parlors (Section 40-29-160) shall be remitted to the State Treasurer as collected and credited to the general fund of the State.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 199, Part II, Section 11.  Code Commissioner's Note  At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to Section 23-31-110 following "gun permits" was removed. This section was repealed by 2012 Act No. 285, Section 2.
SC Code § 23-3-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-55. Expenditure of revenue.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all revenue generated by the State Law Enforcement Division from the sale of vehicles, various equipment, and gasoline, and insurance claims during the prior fiscal year may be retained, carried forward, and expended for the purpose of purchasing like items.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 19B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-3-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-65. South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program to provide counseling services and other support services.

 The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall administer the South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program (SC LEAP). The purpose of this program includes, but is not limited to, responding to and providing counseling services to all requesting law enforcement agencies and departments in the State which have experienced deaths or other tragedies involving law enforcement officers or other employees as well as providing counseling services to law enforcement officers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma and stress-related disorders, and providing any other critical incident support services for all South Carolina law enforcement agencies and departments upon their request. The SC LEAP also may utilize local critical incident support service providers including, but not limited to, chaplains, mental health professionals, and law enforcement peers. In consultation with the professional staff of the SC LEAP and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Chaplains' Association, the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy shall develop a course of training for the critical incident stress debriefing and peer support team.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 379, Section 2; 2017 Act No. 46 (S.173), Section 3, eff May 19, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 46, Section 3, in the second sentence, inserted "as well as providing counseling services to law enforcement officers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma and stress-related disorders", and made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 23-3-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-70. Plain language communications requirements for local and state emergency, fire, and law enforcement agencies.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, each local and state emergency, fire, and law enforcement agency shall either:  (1) adopt plain language communications as outlined by the Department of Homeland Security as its agency's standard; or  (2) implement and submit for review by the State Law Enforcement Division a plan for the use of plain language communication during periods of a declared emergency.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 296, Section 3, eff June 11, 2008.
SC Code § 23-3-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-85. Confidential communications.

 (A) As used in this section:  (1) "Client" means a public safety employee or a public safety employee's immediate family.  (2) "Immediate family" means the spouse, child, stepchild, parent, or stepparent.  (3) "Peer-support team" means any critical incident support service provider who has received training to provide emotional and moral support to a client involved in a critical incident, including, but not limited to, chaplains, mental health professionals, and public safety peers.  (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (C), communications between a client and any member of a peer-support team, including other clients involved in the same peer-support process, shall be confidential and privileged as provided by Section 19-11-95(B).  (C) The confidentiality and privilege created by subsection (B) shall not apply when:  (1) the disclosure is authorized by the client making the disclosure, or, if the client is deceased, the disclosure is authorized by the client's executor, administrator, or in the case of unadministrated estates, the client's next of kin. This provision only applies to statements made by the client;  (2) the peer-support team member was an initial responding officer, witness, or party to the critical incident;  (3) the communication was made when the member of the peer-support team was not performing official duties in the peer-support process; or  (4) the disclosure evidences a present threat to the client or to any other individual, or the disclosure constitutes an admission of a violation of state or federal law.  (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section does not require the disclosure of any otherwise privileged communications and does not relieve any mandatory reporting requirements.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 234 (H.4878), Section 1, eff June 3, 2016.
SC Code § 23-3-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-110. Creation and functions of statewide criminal information and communication system.

 There is hereby established as a department within the State Law Enforcement Division a statewide criminal information and communication system, hereinafter referred to in this article as "the system," with such functions as the Division may assign to it and with such authority, in addition to existing authority vested in the Division, as is prescribed in this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-30; 1970 (56) 2415.
SC Code § 23-3-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-130. Determination of information to be supplied and methods of evaluation and dissemination; promulgation of rules and regulations.

 The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to determine the specific information to be supplied by the law-enforcement agencies and court officials pursuant to Section 23-3-120, and the methods by which such information shall be compiled, evaluated and disseminated. The State Law Enforcement Division is further authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article.  The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall disseminate criminal history conviction records upon request to local school districts for prospective teachers and to the State Department of Social Services for personnel of child day care facilities. This service must be provided to the local school districts without charge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-32; 1970 (56) 2415; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 57B.
SC Code § 23-3-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-140. Effect of Article on disclosure of information.

 The provisions of this article shall not be construed to require or permit the disclosure or reporting of any information in the manner prohibited by existing law.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-33; 1970 (56) 2415.
SC Code § 23-3-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-150. Grants and appropriations; contracts with public agencies.

 The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to accept, on behalf of the State, and use in the establishment, expansion and improvement of the system, funds in the nature of grants or appropriations from the State, the United States, or any agency thereof, and may contract with any public agency for use of the system in the furtherance of effective law enforcement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-34; 1970 (56) 2415.
SC Code § 23-3-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-160. Investigation of injury or death of person under twenty-one when use of beverages containing alcohol suspected.

 In any accident involving injury or death of a person under the age of twenty-one, where there is cause to believe that any beverage containing alcohol was consumed prior to the accident by the person under twenty-one, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to investigate the accident shall commence a detailed investigation to determine the circumstances under which the beverage was obtained.  Upon initiation of this investigation by the local investigating law enforcement agency, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall assist in whatever capacity necessary to fully complete the inquiry and shall cooperate and assist in the prosecution of appropriate criminal charges against any person who provided a beverage containing alcohol to the person under twenty-one.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 136, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 342.
SC Code § 23-3-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-170. Investigation of traffic-related injury or death of person where use of illegal drugs or controlled substances suspected.

 In any motor vehicle accident involving injury or death of a person where there is cause to believe that an illegal drug or controlled substance was used prior to the accident by any person involved therein, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to investigate the accident shall commence a detailed investigation to determine the circumstances under which the illegal drug or controlled substance was obtained.  Upon initiation of this investigation by the local investigating law enforcement agency, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shall assist in whatever capacity necessary to fully complete the inquiry and shall cooperate and assist in the prosecution of appropriate criminal charges against any person who provided the illegal drug or controlled substance to that person.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 136, Section 2.
SC Code § 23-3-175 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-175. Inspection of junkyard, car dealership, parking lot, etc., for purpose of locating stolen vehicle or investigating titling or registration of wrecked or dismantled vehicle.

 The State Law Enforcement Division Vehicle Theft Unit is authorized to inspect a junkyard, scrap metal processing facility, salvage yard, repair shop, licensed business buying, selling, displaying, or trading new or used motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles, parking lots, and public garages, or a person dealing with salvaged motor vehicles or parts of them.  The physical inspection must be conducted while an employee or owner of the facility is present and must be for the purpose of locating stolen motor vehicles or investigating titling or registration of motor vehicles wrecked or dismantled.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 47.
SC Code § 23-3-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-200. Creation of Center; use of FBI file.

 There is created a Missing Person Information Center, hereinafter referred to as MPIC, to be located in Columbia as a part of the State Law Enforcement Division. The purpose of the MPIC is to serve as a central repository for information regarding missing persons and missing and exploited children, with special emphasis on missing children. The MPIC shall utilize the Federal Bureau of Investigation/National Crime Information Center's missing person computerized file through the use of the State Law Enforcement Division's law enforcement communications network. This center is hereinafter referred to as FBI/NCIC.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-210. Definitions.

 For the purposes of this article:  (1) "Missing child" means any individual who is under the age of seventeen years whose temporary or permanent residence is in South Carolina, or is believed to be in South Carolina, whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency.  (2) "Missing person" means any individual who is seventeen years of age or older, whose temporary or permanent residence is in South Carolina, or is believed to be in South Carolina, whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency.  (3) "Missing person report" is a report prepared on a prescribed form for transmitting information about a missing person or a missing child to a law enforcement agency.  (4) "Exploited children" are children under the age of eighteen who are placed in positions where they were taken advantage of sexually because of their inability to cognitively assess or resist the contact or who were placed into these positions because of their dependency upon the offender.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 2; 1990 Act No. 479, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-3-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-220. Chief of State Law Enforcement Division, generally; employees.

 The MPIC is under the direction of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division and may be organized and structured in a manner as the Chief deems appropriate to ensure that the objectives of the MPIC are achieved. The Chief may employ those MPIC personnel as the General Assembly may authorize and provide funding for.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 3.
SC Code § 23-3-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-230. Promulgation of regulations.

 The MPIC shall promulgate regulations prescribing:  (a) procedures for accepting and disseminating information maintained at the MPIC;  (b) the confidentiality of the data and information, including the missing person report, maintained by the MPIC;  (c) the proper disposition of all obsolete data, including the missing person report; provided, data for an individual who has reached the age of eighteen and remains missing must be preserved;  (d) procedures allowing a communication link with the State Law Enforcement Division and the FBI/NCIC's missing person file to ensure compliance with FBI/NCIC policies;  (e) forms, including but not limited to a missing person report, considered necessary for the efficient and proper operation of the MPIC.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 4.
SC Code § 23-3-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-240. Submission of missing person reports to Center.

 Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency or entity, or any person responsible for a missing person, may submit a missing person report to the MPIC on any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the individual to the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the area in which the individual became or is believed to have become missing, regardless of the circumstances.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 5; 2010 Act No. 192, Section 1, eff May 28, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment inserted "or any person responsible for a missing person", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 23-3-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-250. Dissemination of missing persons data by law enforcement agencies.

 A law enforcement agency, upon receipt of a missing person report by a parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency or entity, or any person responsible for a missing person, immediately shall make arrangements for the entry of data about the missing person or missing child into the national missing persons file in accordance with criteria set forth by the FBI/NCIC, inform all of the agency's on-duty law enforcement officers of the missing person report, initiate a statewide broadcast to all other law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the individual, contact the agency's local media outlets when appropriate, and transmit a copy of the report to the MPIC.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 6; 2010 Act No. 192, Section 2, eff May 28, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment inserted "or any person responsible for a missing person", substituted "immediately shall make" for "shall immediately make", deleted "immediately" before "inform all", substituted "the agency's" for "its", inserted "contact the agency's local media outlets when appropriate", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 23-3-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-260. Responsibilities of Center.

 The MPIC shall:  (a) Assist local law enforcement agencies with entering data about missing persons or missing children into the national missing persons file, ensure that proper entry criteria have been met as set forth by the FBI/NCIC, and confirm entry of the data about the missing persons or missing children.  (b) Utilize both the intrastate communication network and the FBI/NCIC system in locating missing persons or missing children.  (c) Collect, process, maintain, and disseminate information on missing and exploited children or missing persons.  (d) Provide for a centralized distribution center for emergency flyers on missing persons or missing children.  (e) Formulate and distribute, both intrastate and interstate, a monthly bulletin of missing persons and missing children from South Carolina to law enforcement agencies.  (f) Develop, maintain, and disseminate a directory of resources available for assistance to local, state, and federal agencies and entities, public and private organizations, and others in locating a missing person or missing child.  (g) Provide news media, including, but not limited to, television and radio stations and newspapers, with pertinent information on missing persons and missing children on a regularly scheduled basis.  (h) Develop and disseminate recommended procedures and forms for the collection of identifying information, including but not limited to bloodtyping, fingerprinting, and dental charting, which are compatible with criteria established by the FBI/NCIC.  (i) Maintain all available information on any missing person or missing child including, but not limited to, the missing person report, fingerprints, blood types, dental information, and photographs. The identifying information maintained at the MPIC must be kept confidential, except as may be otherwise provided in this article.  (j) Conduct statewide training sessions and seminars relative to missing and exploited children and missing persons, including, but not limited to, methods to enhance the locating of missing children and missing persons and training regarding the operation of the MPIC.  (k) In the case of locating an individual who had previously been reported as being a missing person or missing child, provide referrals for counseling or other assistance or aid to the individual or the individual's family, if the individual or his family desires counseling or other assistance or aid.  (l) Provide a program of support and technical assistance for community-based efforts, especially in the case of children, to prevent disappearances and to ensure self-protection.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 7.
SC Code § 23-3-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 3 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division|Section 23-3-270. Notification requirements when missing person located.

 Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, public or private agency or entity, or any person responsible for a missing person, who submits a missing person report to a law enforcement agency or to the MPIC, after having first submitted the missing person report to the appropriate law enforcement agency, immediately shall notify the law enforcement agency and the MPIC of any individual whose location has been determined. The MPIC shall instigate and confirm the deletion of the individual's records from the FBI/NCIC's missing person file, as long as there are no grounds for criminal prosecution, and follow up with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the records.  HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 98, Section 8; 2010 Act No. 192, Section 3, eff May 28, 2010.  Effect of Amendment  The 2010 amendment inserted "or any person responsible for a missing person", substituted "immediately shall notify" for "shall immediately notify", and made other nonsubstantive changes.