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Vision Statement

Our vision is a South Carolina free of new cases of HIV, STDs, Viral Hepatitis and Substance Use Disorders

Updated: Dec. 8, 2025

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Updated: Apr. 29, 2026

In 2011, legislation was passed to enact the "Stroke System of Care Act of 2011" to establish a statewide system of stroke care, which requires the Department of Public Health to recognize hospitals that are certified to be primary stroke centers and to authorize recognition of acute stroke capable centers and provide emergency medical services providers a list of primary stroke centers, stroke enabled centers through telemedicine, and other certified programs, as they come available.

This page lists the health alerts of public health importance from DPH prior to 2020. All health alerts from 1/1/2020 to the present day are located on the South Carolina Health Alert Network (HAN) page.

Certificates for deaths that occur in South Carolina must be filed electronically with the S.C. Department of Public Health.

Why?

In 2022, the South Carolina General Assembly passed S.C. H3325 which requires funeral homes and medical certifiers to complete, certify and file death certificates electronically.

How We Can Help

Requests

Send all media requests to media@dph.sc.gov and include your story idea, contact information and deadline. This timestamps your request and allows us to: 

Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in our state, accounting for approximately 1 in every 4 deaths. This disease touches us all whether as a cancer survivor, caregiver, family member, or friend.