Title 44, Health

Any waste disposed of in a land disposal site permitted to receive hazardous waste for disposal and not assessed a fee under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter must be assessed as follows: (1) a fee of thirteen dollars and seventy cents a ton of wastes generated and disp…

(A) The General Assembly finds: (1) The existing commercial land disposal facility in South Carolina and available capacity in this State generally are limited resources; (2) It is essential that the limited waste treatment and disposal capacity of the existing commercial facilit…

For the validity of (a), see Editors' Notes below. (a)(1) In order to provide the General Assembly with the information it needs to accomplish the above goals, the Department of Environmental Services shall evaluate annually the effects of new and existing waste management techno…

All generators, transporters, and operators of hazardous waste storage, treatment, and disposal facilities shall utilize a manifest system as prescribed by the department to insure that all such hazardous waste generated is designated for storage, treatment, or disposal in storag…

The purpose of the voluntary cleanup program is to: (1) enable the expansion, redevelopment or return to use of industrial and commercial sites whose redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination; (2) provide an incentive to conduct response action…

As used in this article: (1) "CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act and its amendments, 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq. (2) "Contaminant" includes, but is not limited to, any element, substance, compound, or mixture, including disease-caus…

(A) A site known or perceived to be impacted by a contaminant, petroleum, or a petroleum product is eligible for participation in the voluntary cleanup program unless the site is listed or proposed to be listed on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA Section 105. (B) A…

(A)(1) A voluntary cleanup contract entered into by or on behalf of a responsible party shall contain at a minimum: (a) submission of a work plan, health and safety plan, and provisions for written progress reports; (b) a grant of access to perform and oversee response actions; a…

(A)(1) Before entering into a voluntary cleanup contract, the nonresponsible party must: (a) submit a Phase One Environmental Site Assessment conducted in accordance with all appropriate inquiry standards of CERCLA, or other evidence of conducting all appropriate inquiry in accor…

Beginning in the year 2010, the department shall review the voluntary cleanup program established pursuant to this article and report to the General Assembly on the activities of the program and, where applicable, make recommendations for any needed changes or improvements.

A. The department shall require: 1. the establishment and maintenance of such records; 2. the making of such reports; 3. the taking of such samples, and the performing of such tests or analyses; 4. the installing, calibrating, using, and maintaining of such monitoring equipment o…

There is created within the State Treasury the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund, separate and distinct from the general fund of the State, to ensure the availability of funds for the conduct of research related to waste minimization and reduction and for the development o…

The South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation is authorized to expend monies in the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund only as provided in this article. The foundation shall establish a comprehensive research program with a primary emphasis on improving …

The foundation shall submit an annual report to the Hazardous Waste Management Select Oversight Committee created pursuant to Section 44-56-840 fully accounting for the expenditures of the fund and the results realized from the research program.

(A) There is created a Hazardous Waste Management Select Oversight Committee to monitor funds generated from the fees imposed under Section 44-56-170(C) and (E) and designated for the fund under Section 44-56-810. The committee shall oversee the research efforts and projects appr…

(a) For the purpose of enforcing this chapter and Sections 44-56-160 through 44-56-190, or any regulations authorized pursuant thereto, any authorized representative or employee of the department may, upon presentation of appropriate credentials, at any reasonable time: 1. Enter …

As used in this chapter: (1) "River basins" means that land area designated as the Catawba/Wateree, Yadkin/Pee Dee River Basins by the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services. (2) "Commissions" m…

(A) There is established the River Basins Advisory Commissions. The commissions shall be permanent bodies composed of members from the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina. (B) The purpose of each commission shall be to: (1) provide guidance and make recommenda…

(A) The North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services shall provide staff support and facilities to each commission within the existing programs of the respective agencies. (B) All agencies of the Stat…

Members of each commission shall elect a chairman, vice chairman, and those other officers as they consider necessary with the chairmanship to be rotated between the States of North Carolina and South Carolina.

(A) The Catawba/Wateree Commission shall be composed of fifteen members who reside in counties which abut the Catawba/Wateree River Basin as follows: (1) two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Repr…

The members of the commissions shall serve without compensation.

The commissions may obtain information and data upon request from all state officers, agents, agencies, and departments of the States of North Carolina and South Carolina while in discharge of their duties.

This article may be cited as the "Emergency Medical Services Act of South Carolina".

The following are exempted from the provisions of this article: (A) ambulances owned and operated by the Federal Government; (B) a vehicle or vehicles, including associated personnel, rendering assistance to community ambulances in the case of a catastrophe when licensed ambulanc…

No financial grants or funds administered by the State for emergency medical services pertinent to this article shall be made available to counties or municipalities not in compliance with the provisions of this article.

The department shall develop a comprehensive statewide emergency medical services plan to implement and ensure the delivery of adequate emergency medical services to every citizen. This plan shall include guidelines for emergency medical technicians at all levels for the administ…

A certified emergency medical technician may perform any function consistent with his certification, according to guidelines and regulations that the department may prescribe. Emergency medical technicians, trained to provide advanced life support and possessing current Departmen…

This article must not be construed as limiting presently operating rescue units from utilizing their existing equipment and performing the functions they are now allowed to do so long as they do not conflict with licensed agencies contained in Section 44-61-40(A).

(A) The identities of patients and emergency medical technicians mentioned, referenced, or otherwise appearing in information and data collected or prepared by emergency medical services must be treated as confidential. The identities of these persons are not available to the pub…

As used in this article, and unless otherwise specified, the term: (1) "Ambulance" means a vehicle maintained or operated by a licensed provider who has obtained the necessary permits and licenses for the transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise inca…

(A) The Department of Public Health, with the advice of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and the State Medical Control Physician, shall develop standards and promulgate regulations for the improvement of emergency medical services (hereinafter referred to as EMS) i…

This article may be cited as the "Children's Emergency Medical Services Act".

As used in this article: (1) "Advanced life support" means an advanced level of prehospital, interhospital, and emergency service care which includes basic life support functions, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, telemetered electrocardiography, administration of antia…

There is established within the Department of Public Health, Division of Emergency Medical Services, the Emergency Medical Services and Trauma for Children Program.

(A) The EMSC Program must include, but is not limited to, the establishment of: (1) initial and continuing education programs for emergency medical services personnel that include training in the emergency care of infants and children; (2) guidelines for referring children to the…

(A) The identities of patients and emergency medical technicians mentioned, referenced, or otherwise appearing in information or data collected or prepared by the EMSC Program must be treated as confidential. The identities of these persons are not available to the public under t…

(A) There is established the Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee to advise the department on matters concerning preventative, prehospital, hospital, rehabilitative, and other post-hospital medical care for children. (B) Committee members must be appointed b…

(A) A person, firm, corporation, association, county, district, municipality, or metropolitan government or agency, either as owner, agent, or otherwise, may not furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or otherwise engage in or profess to engage in the business or service…

A vehicle must not be operated as an ambulance, unless its licensed owner applies for and receives an ambulance permit issued by the department for that vehicle. Prior to issuing an original permit for an ambulance, the vehicle for which the permit is issued shall meet all requir…

As used in this article: (1) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Public Health (2) "Designation" means a formal determination by the department that a hospital or health care facility is capable of providing a specified level of trauma care services. (3) "Emergenc…

(A) The Department of Public Health, with the advice of the Trauma Advisory Council, established pursuant to Section 44-61-530, may develop standards and promulgate regulations for the creation and establishment of a State Trauma Care System to promote access to trauma care for a…

(A) There is established the Trauma Advisory Council composed of, but not limited to, the following members to be appointed by the director of the department for terms of three years and members may be reappointed: (1) a surgeon who oversees trauma care at each designated level, …

(A) There is created the South Carolina State Trauma Care Fund. In addition to those monies appropriated to the fund in the general appropriations act, the fund may receive gifts, bequests, grants, fees, or other contributions or donations from public or private entities. (B) The…

(A) The department may establish a trauma data collection and evaluation system, known as the "Trauma Registry". The Trauma Registry must be designed to include, but must not be limited to, trauma studies, patient care and outcomes, compliance with standards of verification, and …

(A) Such equipment as deemed necessary by the department must be required of organizations applying for ambulance permits. Each licensee of an ambulance shall comply with regulations as may be promulgated by the department and shall maintain in each ambulance, when it is in use a…