The South Carolina Dental Practice Act 2003 established the South Carolina Department of Public Health's (formally DHEC) role in coordination of a public health dental prevention program using public-private partnerships to deliver preventive dental services in public health settings including schools that address the needs of priority populations identified by DPH using standard public health principles. Section 40-15-110 of the Dental Practice Act refers to DPH and the delivery of preventive dental services through a public health dental prevention program. The South Carolina Dental Practice Act 2003 can be accessed at: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c015.php The setting for which DPH has established a public health dental prevention program is South Carolina's public schools.
The providers that are currently engaged in a partnership with DPH to deliver these services for the 2023-2024 school year include:
- Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services
- ChildSmiles Dental
- Dental Access Carolina, LLC
- Family Health Centers, Inc.
- Fetter Health Care Network
- Little River Medical Center
- ReGenesis Health Care
- Rural Health Services
- Rosa Clark Dental
- SC Smiles Dental/South Carolina Dental Screening Associates