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These resources will help you to promote the importance of school vaccination and to help your parents, students, and staff be prepared and protected at the start of the school year! Inside you will find flyers, brochures, videos, social media posts, and everything to prepare you for this school year. It is important that we protect our schools and state!

We encourage you to use this toolkit to:

• Regulation 61-8, Immunization Requirements for School and Childcare Attendance
• Regulation 61-20, Communicable Diseases
• Regulation 61-21, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Regulation 61-22, The Evaluation of School Employees for Tuberculosis

Report concerns about health and your environment in South Carolina

Health Facility Complaints

Complaints about health facilities, providers, professionals, and services such as assisted living facilities, home health, hospice, hospitals, nursing homes, emergency medical services, and other health-relate

In accordance with Executive Order 2022-19 and FY 2023-24 state budget Proviso 117.21, provided below is all available information related to entities receiving desi

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s 2022-2024 Bridge Strategic Plan maps the agency’s strategic path forward for fulfilling its mission of promoting and protecting the health of the public and the environment in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era.

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Acute Disease Epidemiology

We detect and control communicable diseases and other public health crises by:

DHEC Partners with SC Community Leaders to Eliminate Health Disparities

On April 8, 2022, in conjunction with National Public Health Week, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced it will expand its own work as well as partnerships with community members and organizations to eliminate health disparities in our state to give all South Carolinians an opportunity to attain optimal health outcomes.