SC Department of Public Health - Bureau of Healthcare Quality
Licensing and survey agency in South Carolina. Issue and inspect the provider license. We watch 28 of its official sources.
What SC Department of Public Health - Bureau of Healthcare Quality does
The Bureau of Healthcare Quality, part of the South Carolina Department of Public Health, licenses healthcare facilities and providers, including nursing homes, community residential care facilities, home health agencies, in-home care providers, hospices, adult day care facilities and ICFs/IID. It conducts unannounced licensing inspections, investigates complaints and serious incidents, and inspects providers that take part in Medicare or Medicaid. DPH took over DHEC's healthcare quality programs when DHEC split into two agencies on July 1, 2024.
Written from the agency’s official pages on dph.sc.gov: Licensed Facilities & Professionals, How DPH Inspects and Certifies Healthcare Facilities, DHEC Restructuring .
What we watch here
The licence and program types whose rules come from this agency, with their citations.
Licence and program types9 watched
- Community Residential Care Facility
S.C. Code Regs. 60-84 - Day Care Facility for Adults
S.C. Code Regs. 60-75 - Facility for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
S.C. Code Regs. 60-93 - Home Health Agency
S.C. Code Regs. 60-77 (formerly 61-77) - Hospice (inpatient facility and outpatient program)
S.C. Code Regs. 60-78 - In-Home Care Provider
S.C. Code Regs. 60-122 (formerly 61-122) - Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
S.C. Code Regs. 60-13 - Nursing Home
S.C. Code Regs. 60-17 - Residential Treatment Facility for Children and Adolescents
S.C. Code Regs. 60-103
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