The department shall maintain a central database for the gathering of data from hospitalizations, specialty clinics, births, pregnancies, stillbirths, and pediatric deaths through age two, throughout the State, including border regions. The department shall establish procedures for active birth defect case ascertainment. The data system must be maintained to be accurate, timely, and dynamic, and the department shall institute procedures to make this system effective. The department may expand the age range for data collection as resources become available and if the department determines the additional data collection would benefit the program.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 281, Section 1, eff May 11, 2004.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 44-44-10. Title of act.
Section 44-44-20. Definitions.
Section 44-44-50. Monitoring birth defects.
Section 44-44-60. Utilization of data.
Section 44-44-70. Maintenance of central database; case ascertainment.
Section 44-44-80. Access to health and medical records; confidentiality.
Section 44-44-100. Use and disclosure of birth defects data.
Section 44-44-120. Agreements with other agencies.
Section 44-44-130. Use of data to make treatment available to affected children and families.