Latest updates: Hurricane Helene
Our public health departments' hours of operation may be affected by power and staffing outages. This means that some closures may not appear on the state government office delays and closings map. The health and safety of our employees and our clients remains our highest priority. We are working to get services restored as safely and quickly as possible.
Learn more about DPH's role with hurricanes, floods, and weather emergencies.
To file a complaint against a health facility or service regulated by DPH, submit the Health Facility Complaint Form. If you are unable to submit your health facility complaint online, you can call our office at (803) 545-4370 or 1-800-922-6735 and indicate you wish to file a complaint against a health facility or service.
Healthcare Quality administrative and consent orders are reported to DPH on a monthly basis. Each report contains the administrative and consent orders that were executed (signed by the Director of Healthcare Quality) for a given time period. The summary sheet is a compilation of the total number of orders and assessed civil monetary penalties by program area for that time period.
Licensing Applications
A hearing aid specialist is an individual licensed by DPH to engage in the practice of measuring human hearing by an audiometer and by other established means for fitting, making selections, adaptations, or sale of hearing aids. It also includes the making of impressions for earmolds.
Day Care Facilities for Adults offer in a group setting a program of individual and group activities and therapies for adults 18 years of age or older. The program provides community-based day care services for adults in need of a supportive setting, thereby preventing unnecessary institutionalization. The program provides a minimum of four (4) and a maximum of fourteen (14) hours of operation a day.
A Community Residential Care Facility (CRCF) offers room and board and, unlike a boarding house, provides/coordinates a degree of personal care for a period of time in excess of 24 consecutive hours for two or more persons, 18 years old or older, not related to the licensee within the third degree of consanguinity.
A CRCF is designed to accommodate residents’ changing needs and preferences, maximize residents’ dignity, autonomy, privacy, independence, and safety, and encourage family and community involvement.
