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SC Code § 44-55-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-50. Recreational activities in reservoirs.

 (A) In establishing regulations, procedures, and standards under Section 44-55-30 and in exercising supervisory powers under Section 44-55-40 the board or department must not prohibit or fail to include provisions for recreational activities including boating, water skiing, fishing, and swimming in any reservoir without first making and publishing specific findings that these recreational activities would be injurious to the public health and assigning with particularity the factual basis and reasons for these decisions.  (B) If the board or department determines that these recreational activities would be injurious to the public health it shall cause to have published at least once a week for six consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or area affected a summary of its findings. Any citizen of this State who objects to the findings of the board or department is entitled to request a public hearing, which the board or department shall conduct within thirty days after the request. The public hearing must be a formal evidentiary hearing where testimony must be recorded. After the hearing the board or department shall review its initial findings and shall within thirty days after the hearing affirm or reevaluate its findings in writing and give notice to known interested parties. The findings of the board or department may be appealed to the circuit court, which is empowered to modify or overrule the findings if the court determines the findings to be arbitrary or unsupported by the evidence. Notice of intention to appeal must be served on the board or department within fifteen days after it has affirmed or reevaluated its initial findings and copies also must be served on known interested parties.  (C) A public water system utilizing a fully owned and protected watershed as its water supply is exempt from this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1204A; 1976 Act No. 658; 1982 Act No. 459, Section 10; 2000 Act No. 322, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-55-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-60. Commissioner to issue emergency order where imminent hazard to public health considered to exist.

 (A) An imminent hazard is considered to exist when in the judgment of the commissioner there is a condition which may result in a serious immediate risk to public health in a public water system.  (B) In order to eliminate an imminent hazard, the commissioner may, without notice or hearing, issue an emergency order requiring the water system to immediately take such action as is required under the circumstances to protect the public health. A copy of the emergency order must be served by certified mail or other appropriate means. An emergency order issued by the commissioner must be effected immediately and binding until the order is reviewed and modified by the board or modified or rescinded by a court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1205; 1968 (55) 2436; 1976 Act No. 658; 1982 Act No. 459, Section 10; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1130; 2000 Act No. 322, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-55-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-70. Public notice of condition of violation in public water system.

 A public water system shall, as soon as practicable, give public notice if it:  (1) is not in compliance with the State Primary Drinking Water Regulations;  (2) fails to perform required monitoring;  (3) is granted a variance for an inability to meet a maximum contaminant level requirement;  (4) is granted an exemption; or  (5) fails to comply with the requirements prescribed by a variance or exemption.  The board shall prescribe procedures for the public notice, including procedures for notification by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, notification to be given in the water bills of the systems, as long as a condition of violation exists, and other notification as is considered appropriate by the board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1206; 1952 Code Section 32-1205; 1942 Code Section 5049-1; 1932 Code Section 1448; Cr. C. '22 Section 396; Cr. C. '12 Section 404; 1907 (25) 536; 1931 (37) 254; 1933 (38) 87; 1968 (55) 2436; 1976 Act No. 658; 1982 Act No. 459, Section 10; 2000 Act No. 322, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-55-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-80. Unlawful acts.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to fail to comply with:  (1) the provisions of this article or the regulations promulgated pursuant to this article;  (2) the conditions of any permit issued under this article; or  (3) any order of the department.  (B) It is unlawful for a person to render a public water system, or part or portion of a public water system, inoperable or unusable by means of contamination, vandalism, sabotage, or assault upon or detention of employees of the system or to misrepresent any fact related to the operation of a public water system.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1207; 1976 Act No. 658; 1982 Act No. 459, Sections 8, 10; 2000 Act No. 322, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-55-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-90. Penalties; injunctive relief.

 (A) Any person wilfully violating the provisions of Section 44-55-80 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than ten thousand dollars a day per violation or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.  (B)(1) A violation of Section 44-55-80 by a person renders the violator liable to the State for a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars a day per violation.  (2) The department may administer penalties as otherwise provided for violations of this article, including any order, permit, regulation, or standard or may request the Attorney General to commence an action under this subsection in an appropriate court of the State to secure this penalty.  (C) The department may cause to be instituted a civil action in any court of applicable jurisdiction for injunctive relief to prevent violation of this article or any order issued pursuant to Sections 44-55-40, 44-55-60, and 44-55-70.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1208; 1976 Act No. 658; 1981 Act No. 157, Section 7; 1982 Act No. 459, Section 10; 2000 Act No. 322, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-55-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-100. Authority granted department to carry out article.

 To carry out the provisions and purposes of this article, the department may:  (1) enter into agreements, contracts, or cooperative arrangements, under the terms and conditions as it considers appropriate, with other state, federal, or interstate agencies, municipalities, educational institutions, local health departments, or other organizations or individuals;  (2) receive financial and technical assistance from the federal government and other public or private agencies;  (3) participate in related programs of the federal government, other states, interstate agencies, or other public or private agencies or organizations and collect and file such reports, surveys, inventories, data, and information which may be required by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act;  (4) establish and collect fees for collecting samples and conducting laboratory analyses as may be necessary.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1209; 1976 Act No. 658; 1982 Act No. 459, Section 10; 2000 Act No. 322, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-55-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-210. "Privy" and "watershed" defined.

 The term "privy" as used in this article shall be understood to include any and all buildings which are not connected with a system of sewage or with septic tanks of such construction and maintenance as are approved by the State Department of Health and Environmental Control and which are used for affording privacy in acts of urination or defecation. For the purpose of this article the term "watershed" shall include the entire watershed of all streams, creeks and rivers that have a daily average flow of less than ten million gallons, but for watersheds of streams, creeks or rivers that have a daily average flow of more than ten million gallons, the watershed shall include only such drainage areas as lie within fifteen miles of the waterworks intake.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1221; 1952 Code Section 32-1221; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310.
SC Code § 44-55-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-220. Article applicable to all privies on watersheds of water supplies.

 The provisions of this article shall apply to all residences, institutions and establishments and all privies, without regard to their distance from the homes of persons, which are located on the watershed of a public surface water supply.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1222; 1952 Code Section 32-1222; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310.
SC Code § 44-55-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-230. Privies must be maintained in sanitary manner.

 Every privy, located on property occupied by the owner or a tenant or by any person employed by the owner, shall be maintained in a sanitary manner and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and posted in a suitable form inside of the privy by an officer of the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1224; 1952 Code Section 32-1224; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310; 1972 (57) 2768.
SC Code § 44-55-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-240. Persons responsible for condition of privies.

 The person in charge of a dwelling, office building, establishment or institution shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of any privy which is used by his household, guests, customers, pupils, passengers, occupants, employees, workers or other persons.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1225; 1952 Code Section 32-1225; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310; 1972 (57) 2768.
SC Code § 44-55-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-250. Supervision over privies by Department of Health and Environmental Control.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control, through its officers and inspectors, shall exercise such supervision over the sanitary construction and maintenance of privies as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1226; 1952 Code Section 32-1226; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310.
SC Code § 44-55-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-260. Entry onto premises for inspection; interference with inspector.

 Duly authorized agents of the Department of Health and Environmental Control may enter upon any premises and into any buildings or institutions for the purposes of inspection as provided for or required by State laws or regulations of the Department pursuant to such laws, but the privacy of no person shall be violated. Any person who wilfully interferes with or obstructs the officers of the Department in the discharge of any of their duties under this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1227; 1952 Code Section 32-1227; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310; 1972 (57) 2825.
SC Code § 44-55-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-270. Closing illegal privies.

 If an officer or an inspector of the Department of Health and Environmental Control shall find a privy which is not constructed in accordance with the provisions of this article or not being maintained in a sanitary manner and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department he shall securely fasten on the privy a notice reading, "Unsanitary, Unlawful To Use."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1228; 1952 Code Section 32-1228; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310; 1972 (57) 3042.
SC Code § 44-55-275 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-275. Exceptions to provisions regarding destruction of privies.

 On the effective date of this section any provision of law or regulation relating to outdoor toilet facilities or privies which would require the destruction or discontinued use of such facilities shall not apply to facilities at campgrounds or parks used exclusively for religious purposes.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 561.
SC Code § 44-55-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-280. Removal or defacing of notice prohibited.

 No person shall remove or deface an official notice fastened on or in a privy by an officer of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1229; 1952 Code Section 32-1229; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310.
SC Code § 44-55-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-290. Enforcement by local health inspectors or units.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control shall designate as its agents local health inspectors of incorporated towns or cities for the enforcement of the terms of this article and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto within one mile outside the corporate limits of such town or city. Such local health inspectors shall enforce such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Department under the terms of this article. In counties having health units it shall be the duty of such health units to enforce the rules and regulations of the Department in the territory of such counties lying beyond the distance of one mile from the corporate limits of towns or cities having local health inspectors. Provided, that nothing herein shall affect the Richland County board of health from having concurrent jurisdiction with the designated local health inspectors to implement the rules and regulations within one mile of the boundary of a city or town.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1230; 1952 Code Section 32-1230; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310; 1968 (55) 2684.
SC Code § 44-55-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-300. Penalties.

 Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article, other than Section 44-55-260, and any person who is responsible for the sanitary maintenance of a privy and who permits such privy, after an official notice reading, "Unsanitary, Unlawful To Use," has been fastened on it, to be used shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1231; 1952 Code Section 32-1231; 1942 Code Section 5050; 1932 Code Section 5041; 1928 (35) 1310.
SC Code § 44-55-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-410. Required sewage closets.

 In order to protect the public health, all persons engaged in manufacturing in this State and furnishing, by renting and otherwise, directly or indirectly, houses to their employees shall furnish to their employees occupying such houses sewage closets with necessary sewage connections for them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1241; 1952 Code Section 32-1241; 1950 (46) 2327.
SC Code § 44-55-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-420. Supervision over construction and maintenance.

 The construction of the sewage connections and the sanitary closets and the method of keeping such connections and closets in sanitary condition shall be under the supervision and control of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1242; 1952 Code Section 32-1242; 1950 (46) 2327.
SC Code § 44-55-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-430. Adoption of rules and regulations.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control may make rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1243; 1952 Code Section 32-1243; 1950 (46) 2327.
SC Code § 44-55-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-440. Effect of compliance with former law.

 In case a person subject to the provisions of this article shall have installed, prior to June 3, 1951, in his tenement or mill village an adequate sewage system with adequate water closets in compliance with the law as it then existed on the subject, such person shall be exempt from the provisions hereof, except the requirement of maintenance in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1244; 1952 Code Section 32-1244; 1950 (46) 2327.
SC Code § 44-55-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-450. Exemptions.

 This article shall not apply to sawmills, manufacturing enterprises operating on a temporary basis or manufacturing firms operating under an order of court or in receivership.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1245; 1952 Code Section 32-1245; 1950 (46) 2327.
SC Code § 44-55-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-460. Penalties.

 Any person refusing or neglecting to carry into effect the provisions of this article, to obey the rules and regulations as established by the Department of Health and Environmental Control or to obey any order issued by said Department relative to the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or not less than twenty-five dollars, and each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1246; 1952 Code Section 32-1246; 1950 (46) 2327.
SC Code § 44-55-610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-610. Application of article and local specifications, rules and regulations.

 In each county in this State containing a city having a population of more than seventy thousand according to the official United States census, the construction, installation and use of septic tanks shall be regulated by the provisions of this article and specifications and rules and regulations adopted by the county board of health and shall be approved by the county board of health, whose certificate of approval shall be accepted by all agencies and the courts of this State as evidence of such approval and of installation in compliance with the provisions of this article and of such specifications, rules and regulations.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1261; 1952 Code Section 32-1261; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-620 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-620. Specifications, rules and regulations for septic tanks and their installation.

 The county board of health of any such county may promulgate specifications, rules and regulations governing septic tanks and their installation which shall accord with approved engineering standards in general and shall contain the following standards and requirements in particular:  (1) No septic tank shall be installed which has a net liquid capacity of less than five hundred gallons;  (2) The length of each tank shall be at least two but not more than three times the width;  (3) The uniform liquid depth of each tank shall be not less than two feet six inches; and  (4) The theoretical detention period of each tank shall be not less than twenty-four hours based upon the average daily flow.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1262; 1952 Code Section 32-1262; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-630. Approval of and specifications for tanks with capacity of 1,000 gallons or more.

 The plans for each septic tank having a capacity of one thousand gallons or more shall have the approval of the county health officer before the tank is installed. Each such tank shall have a second or effluent compartment not longer than one third the total length of the tank nor shorter than three feet and shall be equipped with a dosing chamber and siphon if a tile field or filter is used for secondary treatment of the tank effluent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1263; 1952 Code Section 32-1263; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-640. Installation of septic tanks.

 Each septic tank shall be installed so as to receive the approval of the county board of health through a duly authorized agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1264; 1952 Code Section 32-1264; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-650 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-650. Materials used in construction.

 All septic tanks shall be constructed of such materials as shall be required by the rules and regulations and specifications promulgated by the county board of health.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1265; 1952 Code Section 32-1265; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-660. Grease traps.

 A grease trap shall be installed on the kitchen waste line preceding the septic tank when the tank serves a boardinghouse, cafe, restaurant, hotel or other public eating place. The grease trap shall have a theoretical detention period of at least thirty minutes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1266; 1952 Code Section 32-1266; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-670. Distribution pipe.

 All septic tanks shall have a minimum of one hundred feet of distribution pipe laid and installed in the manner required by the specifications, rules and regulations promulgated by the county board of health.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1267; 1952 Code Section 32-1267; 1943 (43) 298.
SC Code § 44-55-680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 55 - Water, Sewage, Waste Disposal And The Like|Section 44-55-680. Discharge of effluent into stream.

 No septic tank effluent shall be discharged into any stream without special approval of the county board of health through a duly authorized agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1268; 1952 Code Section 32-1268; 1943 (43) 298.