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SC Code § 44-29-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-110. No discharge from confinement until cured of sexually transmitted disease; subsequent treatment.

 No person suffering from any of the sexually transmitted diseases described in Section 44-29-60 may be discharged from confinement unless he is pronounced cured of the disease by a state, county, or municipal health officer or, if no cure is available, upon the recommendation of the Department of Health and Environmental Control. If any person is released before a complete cure of the sexually transmitted disease of which he is suffering, the department shall direct the individual as to whom to report for further treatment, and failure to report at the stated intervals as directed, in each instance, constitutes a violation of the provisions of Sections 44-29-60 to 44-29-140 and subjects him, upon conviction, to the penalty set forth in Section 44-29-140.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-595.1; 1952 Code Section 32-595.1; 1942 Code Section 5044-5; 1932 Code Section 1498; Cr. C. '22 Section 443; 1919 (31) 30; 1941 (42) 97; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 8.
SC Code § 44-29-115 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-115. Procedure for isolation.

 If the Department of Health and Environmental Control believes that a person must be isolated pursuant to Section 44-29-90, 44-29-100, or 44-29-110, it shall file a petition with the probate court of the county where the person is located or where the person resides. The complaint must state the specific harm thought probable and the factual basis for this belief. If the court, after due notice and hearing, is satisfied that the petition is well-founded, it may order that the person must be isolated.  Any person isolated pursuant to Section 44-29-90, 44-29-100, or 44-29-110 has the right to appeal to any court having jurisdiction for review of the evidence under which he was isolated.  A court may not order isolation for more than ninety days. If the department determines that the grounds for isolation no longer exist, it shall file a notice of intent to discharge with the court before the person isolated is released.  The person for whom isolation is sought must be represented by counsel at all proceedings and, if he cannot afford to hire an attorney, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent him. The attorney for the person isolated must have access to any documents regarding the isolation.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 490, Section 15.
SC Code § 44-29-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-120. Serological blood tests for pregnant women.

 Every physician attending a pregnant woman in the State for conditions relating to her pregnancy during the period of gestation or at delivery shall, in the case of every woman so attended, take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman at the time of his first examination or within three days thereafter and shall submit such sample to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis, rubella, Rh factor and a hemoglobin determination, if the latter test is not performed by the physician's staff. Such an approved laboratory must participate in an appropriate proficiency testing program approved by the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Every person, other than a physician, permitted by law to attend pregnant women in the State, but not permitted by law to take blood samples, shall cause a sample of blood of each such pregnant woman to be taken by a physician duly licensed to practice medicine and surgery, registered nurse, laboratory technician or other person authorized to take blood for blood tests and have such sample submitted to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis, rubella, Rh factor and a hemoglobin determination, if the latter test is not performed by the physician's staff. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who submits a sworn affidavit stating that she objects to the tests herein required on grounds such tests conflict with her religious tenets or beliefs.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-596; 1952 Code Section 32-596; 1946 (44) 1542; 1972 (57) 2806.
SC Code § 44-29-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-130. Adoption of regulations pertaining to sexually transmitted disease.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of Sections 44-29-60 to 44-29-140, other than Section 44-29-120, including regulations providing for labor on the part of isolated persons considered necessary to provide in whole or in part for their subsistence and to safeguard their general health and regulations concerning sexually transmitted diseases as it considers advisable. All regulations so made are binding upon all county and municipal health officers and other persons affected by Sections 44-29-60 to 44-29-140.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-599; 1952 Code Section 32-599; 1942 Code Section 5044-4; 1932 Code Section 1497; Cr. C. '22 Section 442; 1919 (31) 30; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 9.
SC Code § 44-29-135 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-135. Confidentiality of sexually transmitted disease records.

 All information and records held by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and its agents relating to a known or suspected case of a sexually transmitted disease are strictly confidential except as provided in this section. The information must not be released or made public, upon subpoena or otherwise, except under the following circumstances:  (a) release is made of medical or epidemiological information for statistical purposes in a manner that no individual person can be identified;  (b) release is made of medical or epidemiological information with the consent of all persons identified in the information released;  (c) release is made of medical or epidemiological information to the extent necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter and related regulations concerning the control and treatment of a sexually transmitted disease;  (d) release is made of medical or epidemiological information to medical personnel to the extent necessary to protect the health or life of any person;  (e) in cases involving a minor, the name of the minor and medical information concerning the minor must be reported to appropriate agents if a report of abuse or neglect is required by Section 63-7-310; or  (f) if a minor has Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, and is attending a public school in kindergarten through fifth grade, the department shall notify the superintendent of the school district and the nurse or other health professional assigned to the school the minor attends. This notification and information contained in the notification must not be recorded in the child's permanent record. However, if this information is in the child's permanent school record, the information must be purged from the child's record before the child enters the sixth grade.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 542 Section 2; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 10; 2011 Act No. 34, Section 1, eff June 7, 2011.
SC Code § 44-29-136 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-136. Court orders for disclosure of records for law enforcement purposes; confidentiality safeguards.

 (A) A portion of a person's sexually transmitted disease test results disclosed to a solicitor or state criminal law enforcement agency pursuant to Section 44-29-135(c) must be obtained by court order upon a finding by the court that the request is valid under Section 44-29-135(c) and that there is a compelling need for the test results. In determining a compelling need, the court must weigh the need for disclosure against both the privacy interest of the test subject and the potential harm to the public interest if disclosure deters future Human Immunodeficiency Virus-related testing and counselling or blood, organ, and semen donation. No information regarding persons other than the subject of the test results must be released. The court shall provide the department and the person who is the subject of the test results with notice and an opportunity to participate in the court hearing.  (B) No court may issue an order solely on the basis of anonymous tips or anonymous information. A person who provides information relied upon by a law enforcement agency or solicitor to obtain records under Section 44-29-135(c) shall sign a sworn affidavit setting forth the facts upon which he bases his allegations. This person shall appear and be subject to examination and cross-examination at the hearing to determine whether an order requiring disclosure should be granted.  (C) Pleadings pertaining to disclosure of test results must substitute a pseudonym for the true name of the subject of the test. The disclosure to the parties of the subject's true name must be communicated in documents sealed by the court. Court proceedings must be conducted in camera unless the subject of the test results requests a hearing in open court. All files regarding the court proceedings must be sealed unless waived by the subject of the test results.  (D) Upon issuance of an order to disclose the test results pursuant to Section 44-29-135(c), the court may impose appropriate safeguards against the unauthorized disclosure of the information including, but not limited to, specifying who may have access to the information, the purposes for which the information must be used, and prohibitions against further disclosure of the information.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 523, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-29-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-140. Penalties pertaining to venereal disease.

 Any person who violates any of the provisions of Sections 44-29-60 to 44-29-140, other than Section 44-29-120, or any regulation made by the Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to the authority granted by law, or fails or refuses to obey any lawful order issued by any state, county, or municipal health officer, pursuant to Sections 44-29-60 to 44-29-140, or any other law or the regulations prescribed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-600; 1952 Code Section 32-600; 1942 Code Section 5044-5; 1932 Code Section 1498; Cr. C. '22 Section 443; 1919 (31) 30; 1941 (42) 97; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 11.
SC Code § 44-29-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-145. Penalty for exposing others to Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

 It is unlawful for a person who knows that he is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to:  (1) knowingly engage in sexual intercourse, vaginal, anal, or oral, with another person without first informing that person of his HIV infection;  (2) knowingly commit an act of prostitution with another person;  (3) knowingly sell or donate blood, blood products, semen, tissue, organs, or other body fluids;  (4) forcibly engage in sexual intercourse, vaginal, anal, or oral, without the consent of the other person, including one's legal spouse; or  (5) knowingly share with another person a hypodermic needle, syringe, or both, for the introduction of drugs or any other substance into, or for the withdrawal of blood or body fluids from the other person's body without first informing that person that the needle, syringe, or both, has been used by someone infected with HIV.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 490, Section 1; 1990 Act No. 523, Section 2.
SC Code § 44-29-146 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-146. Physicians and state agencies exempt from liability for disclosure of persons carrying Human Immunodeficiency Virus; "contact" defined.

 A physician or state agency identifying and notifying a spouse or known contact of a person having Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is not liable for damages resulting from the disclosure.  "Contact" means the exchange of body products or body fluids by sexual acts or percutaneous transmission.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 490, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-29-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-150. Staff of schools and child care centers to be evaluated for tuberculosis before initial hiring.

 No person will be initially hired to work in any public or private school, kindergarten, nursery or day care center for infants and children until appropriately evaluated for tuberculosis according to guidelines approved by the Board of Health and Environmental Control. Re-evaluation will not be required for employment in consecutive years unless otherwise indicated by such guidelines.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-691; 1952 Code Section 32-691; 1942 Code Section 5033; 1932 Code Section 5044; Civ. C. '22 Section 2352; 1920 (31) 941; 1979 Act No. 53 Section 1.
SC Code § 44-29-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-160. Health certificates for employees in schools and child care facilities.

 Any person applying for a position in any of the public or private schools, kindergartens, nurseries, or day care centers for infants and children of the State shall, as a prerequisite to employment, secure a health certificate from a licensed physician certifying that such person does not have tuberculosis in an active stage.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-692; 1952 Code Section 32-692; 1942 Code Section 5034, 1932 Code Section 5045; Civ. C. '22 Section 2353; 1920 (31) 941; 1979 Act No. 53 Section 2.
SC Code § 44-29-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-170. Form of certificate.

 The physician shall make the aforesaid certificate on a form supplied by the Department of Health and Environmental Control, whose duty it shall be to provide such forms upon request of the applicant.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-693; 1952 Code Section 32-693; 1942 Code Section 5035; 1932 Code Section 5046; Civ. C. '22 Section 2354; 1920 (31) 941.
SC Code § 44-29-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-180. School pupils and day care center children to be vaccinated or immunized; department to monitor immunization records of children in day care; exemptions and exclusions.

 (A) No superintendent of an institution of learning, no school board or principal of a school, and no owner or operator of a public or private childcare facility as defined in Section 63-13-20 may admit as a pupil or enroll or retain a child or person who cannot produce satisfactory evidence of having been vaccinated or immunized so often as directed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Records of vaccinations or immunizations must be maintained by the institution, school, or day care facility to which the child or person has been admitted.  (B) The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall monitor the immunization status of each child who is enrolled or retained in a licensed child day care facility or a registered church or religious child day care facility. The monitoring of day care facilities shall consist of a review of the immunization or vaccination records to insure that required immunizations are complete as recommended and routinely provided by the Department of Health and Environmental Control for all infants and children.  (C) South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Regulation 61-8, as amended, "Vaccination, Screening and Immunization Regarding Contagious Diseases", and its exemptions apply to this section.  (D) A South Carolina Certificate of Special Exemption signed by the school principal, authorized representative, or day care director may be issued to transfer students while awaiting arrival of medical records from their former area of residence or to other students who have been unable to secure immunizations or documentation of immunizations already received. A South Carolina Certificate of Special Exemption may be issued only once and is valid for only thirty calendar days from date of enrollment. At the expiration of this special exemption, the student must present a valid South Carolina Certificate of Immunization, a valid South Carolina Certificate of Medical Exemption, or a valid South Carolina Certificate of Religious Exemption.  (E) Registered family day care homes are exempt from requirements of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-694; 1952 Code Section 32-694; 1942 Code Section 5040; 1932 Code Sections 5012, 7363; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2323, 4495; Civ. C. '12 Sections 1582, 3061; 1905 (24) 869, 871; 1972 (57) 2767; 1993 Act No. 35, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-29-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-185. Adolescent cervical cancer vaccinations.

 (A)(1) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the Department of Health and Environmental Control may offer the cervical cancer vaccination series for adolescent students. Adolescent students include children enrolling in the seventh grade in any school, public, private, or home schooling program in this State.  (2) No student is required to have the cervical cancer vaccination series before enrolling in or attending school. Consent of a parent or guardian is required for a student to receive the cervical cancer vaccination from the department, except as provided under Section 63-5-340.  (B)(1) The department may develop and provide, to each school and home schooling program whose grade levels include grade six, informational brochures concerning adolescent vaccinations, including the cervical cancer vaccination series. The brochure specifically must state the benefits and side effects of the cervical cancer vaccination series and that the vaccination series is optional. The brochure must encourage the parent or guardian of a student to take the child to the child's own health care provider to be vaccinated. At the beginning of the school year, each school and home schooling program may provide this informational brochure to the parents or guardians of all students in the sixth grade.  (2) The department shall disclose the benefits, adverse risks, and side effects of the adolescent vaccination series offered, which must take into account medical findings by the health care profession in this State, another state, or any other country. The department shall encourage the parent or guardian of a student to take the child to the child's own health care provider for a full discussion of the benefits and side effects of receiving any adolescent vaccination series.  (C) For the purposes of this section "cervical cancer vaccination series" means the human papillomavirus vaccination series.  (D) Implementation of this section is contingent upon the appropriation of state and federal funding to the department to fully cover the costs of providing this vaccination series to eligible students as well as the availability of funds to produce the informational brochure provided for in subsection (B)(1).  (E) The department may not contract with a health care provider to offer the vaccination series if the health care provider performs abortions.  HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 151 (H.3204), Section 2, eff April 21, 2016.  Editor's Note  2016 Act No. 151, Section 1, provides as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'Cervical Cancer Prevention Act'."
SC Code § 44-29-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-190. Penalty for violation of Section 44-29-180.

 Any person who violates the provisions of Section 44-29-180 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-696; 1952 Code Section 32-696; 1942 Code Section 5036; 1932 Code Section 5047; Civ. C. '22 Section 2355; Cr. C. '22 Section 445; 1920 (31) 941; 1972 (57) 2767; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 12.
SC Code § 44-29-195 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-195. Head lice; prerequisites to return of student to school; voucher for treatment products.

 (A) A student sent home from school for having pediculosis (head lice) only may return to school upon presentation of evidence of treatment and upon a physical screening conducted by the school nurse or other person designated by the principal indicating an absence of pediculosis.  (B) The department shall make available to eligible families, through the county health departments, products or vouchers for products for the treatment of pediculosis.  For purposes of this subsection, a family is eligible if a child in the family is a student in the public school system and the child receives Medicaid or free or reduced school meals.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 302, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-29-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 29 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases|Section 44-29-200. Attendance of teachers or pupils with contagious or infectious diseases may be prohibited.

 Any board of education, school trustees, or other body having control of a school, on account of the prevalence of any contagious or infectious diseases or to prevent the spread of disease, may prohibit or limit the attendance of any employee or student at any school or school-related activities under its control. The decision to prohibit or limit attendance must be based on sound medical evidence and must comply with the official procedures adopted by the board for this purpose. Before lifting a prohibition or restriction on attendance, the board may require a satisfactory certificate from one or more licensed physicians that attendance is no longer a risk to others attending school.  Any board acting in good faith and in compliance with the provisions of this section is not liable for damages which may result from its decision. Nothing in this section relieves a board from its responsibilities to provide a student with educational programs and services appropriate to his needs as required by Section 59-20-30.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-695; 1952 Code Section 32-695; 1942 Code Section 5032; 1932 Code Section 5043; Civ. C. '22 Section 2351; Civ. C. '12 Section 1607; Civ. C. '02 Section 1110; R. S. 965; 1883 (18) 292; 1972 (57) 2806; 1988 Act No. 490, Section 13.