FREE STD/HIV testing on May 18th at most local health department clinics. Please call 1-855-472-3432 to schedule an appointment or view listing of local health departments.

In 2011, legislature 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 Health and Environmental Control 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 current health alerts of public health importance from DPH.

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.

Birth Control Methods Listed Most Effective to Least Effective

Abstinence

• Abstinence from all sex protects you and your partner from pregnancy and STDs/STIs/HIV.
• People can choose abstinence at any time and at any age.
• Perfect Use: Abstinence is 100% effective.

Hormone methods give constant protection from pregnancy. Visit a Family Planning Clinic for the following methods.

With Birth Control, You Can...

• Decide if or when you want a child.
• Protect yourself and your partner from HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDs/STIs), like gonorrhea, chlamydia, or hepatitis.
• Gain peace of mind and have better sex knowing you are protecting yourself and your partner from the risks of unprotected sex.
• No birth control method works 100 percent of the time.

Scott Jaillette serves as the director of Legislative Affairs for the South Carolina Department of Public Health. In this role, Jaillette represents the agency and its more than 2,950 staff on matters before the General Assembly.