Cancer Registry Data Standards & Reporting
Cancer Registry Data Standards & Reporting
NOTE: SC Central Registry will not be able to accept cases in V24 format until mid-March. If there are further delays, we will notify facilities. Facilities are encouraged to begin 2024 cases in V23, but must be submitted in V24. If you have any questions regarding the V24 format, please reach out to cancer.registry@dph.sc.gov.
Ending the Epidemics SC / Ending the HIV Epidemic
Vision Statement
Our vision is a South Carolina free of new cases of HIV, STDs, Viral Hepatitis and Substance Use Disorders
World AIDS Day
Updated: Dec. 8, 2025
Hepatitis B
What is Hepatitis B?
Hepatitis B is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with the hepatitis B virus.
South Carolina Stroke System of Care
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.
SC Health Alert Network (HAN) Archive
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.
Electronic Filing Of Death Certificates Required
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.
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