South Carolina State Register

Document No. 5315 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 43-1-80 and 63-9-1700 through 1810 114-4380. Supplemental Benefits for Adoption and Medical Assistance. Preamble: The State of South Carolina aims to support adoption laws by making possible through public supplemental benefits the most appropriate adoption of each child certified by the Department of Social Services as requiring a supplemental benefit to assure adoption. The Department of Social Services is charged with promulgating regulations to carry out the State’s purpose; and therefore, i…

Document No. 5314 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-13-180 114-500 through 114-509. Regulations for the Licensing of Child Care Centers. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is proposing to amend South Carolina Code of Regulations 114-500 to 114-509 to establish and maintain standards for licensed child care centers that are reasonably aligned with recommended standards of national organizations and which further the Department’s mission to establish and maintain standards that protect the health, safety, and well-being of children recei…

Document No. 5313 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 43-1-80 114-140. Foster Care. 114-150. Adoptions. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is proposing to amend South Carolina Code of Regulations 114-140 and 114-150 which outline the fair hearings process for adverse decisions related to foster care and adoptions, respectively. The regulations are being reviewed and amended to clarify the appeal rights of foster parents. The proposed amendments are necessary promote consistency in the application of a fair hearings process for adverse decis…

Document No. 5308 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-11-30 114-4910. Child Placing Agencies; Definitions and Application Procedures. 114-4920. Administration and Organization of Child Placing Agencies. 114-4930. Requirements for Licenses and Types of Licenses. 114-4940. Relicensing Procedures. 114-4950. Confidentiality Requirements. 114-4960. Personnel Requirements. 114-4970. Child Placing Agency Records. 114-4980. Procedures and Practices of Child Placing Agencies. Preamble: As the administrator of the State’s foster care system, the Department…

Document No. 5303 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 43-1-80 and 63-9-360 114-4370. Certification of Adoption Investigators and Persons Obtaining Consents or Relinquishments. Preamble: The Department of Social Services is responsible for establishing and promulgating rules and regulations for the certification requirements and process for an adoption investigator. The proposed amendments will ensure that prospective investigators have the necessary educational and work experience to further the Department’s mission to promote safety, permanency, s…

Document No. 5299 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CHAPTER 123 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 50-1-200, 50-1-220, 50-11-10, 50-11-2200, and 50-11-2210 Emergency Situation: These emergency regulations establish seasons, limits and special restrictions for dove hunting on Dove Management Areas. Because the dove season begins September 2, it is necessary to file these regulations as emergency. Text: WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA PUBLIC DOVE FIELDS 2024-2025 Dove Management Area Regulations: The following fields are open only during the dates and times indicated below. AWildlife Management Area…

Document No. 5294 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CHAPTER 123 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 50-11-1910 123-56. Deer Processors and Donated Deer Processing Fee Recovery. Emergency Situation: SC Code Section 50-11-1910(B) was amended effective May 2024 authorizing the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to promulgate regulations to permit deer processors to process legally taken female (doe) deer donated by a hunter or deer depredation permittee and recover the fee of processing the deer from a person other than the individual who donated the deer. Given the timing of passage…

Document No. 5278 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY CHAPTER 35 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 1-23-130, 40-13-60, and 40-13-230(B) 35-3. Minimum Curriculum for a School of Cosmetology, Nail Technology, or Esthetics. Emergency Situation: Estheticians are individuals who practice make-up or skin care for the sole purpose of beautifying the skin. To practice esthetics in South Carolina, an esthetician must hold a license from the South Carolina Board of Cosmetology, which is issued following: completion of at least 450 hours in classes in skin care …

Document No. 5296 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHAPTER 114 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 63-7-2320 114-551. Kinship Foster Family Home and Kinship Adoptive Home Standards. (New) Preamble: On September 28, 2023, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children and Families, issued a final rule amending 45 CFR Section 1355.20 to allow agencies to claim Title IV-E federal financial participation for the cost of foster care maintenance payments on behalf of an otherwise eligible child who is placed in a licensed or approved kinship foster family home …

Document No. 5279 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION OFFICE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CHAPTER 71 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Section 41-15-210 Article I, Subarticle 6, Sections 1910.6 and 1910.1200 Occupational Safety and Health Standards The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Labor, Office of Occupational Safety and Health, hereby promulgates the following changes to South Carolina Regulations: In Subarticle 6 (General Industry): Revisions to Sections 1910.6 and 1910.1200 as amended in Federal Register Volume 89, Number 98, dated Mo…

Document No. 5277 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY STATE LIVESTOCK-POULTRY HEALTH COMMISSION CHAPTER 27 Statutory Authority: 1976 Code Sections 47-4-30 and 47-4-50 27-1011. Diseases and Health Documentation. Emergency Situation: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a contagious, deadly viral disease of domestic poultry and wild birds. In March 2024, HPAI was detected in lactating dairy cows in Texas. USDA APHIS issued a federal order on April 24, 2024, making this a reportable disease in lactating dairy cattle. Since USDA began tracking HPAI affecting lactating dairy cows, it has spread to 13 states …