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Section 63-11-10. "Child welfare agency" defined. - Any agency, institution or family home engaged in the business...
Section 63-11-20. Exemptions. - (A) This article does not apply to: (1) child welfare...
Section 63-11-30. Department of Social Services to administer article. - The department shall administer the provisions of this article and...
Section 63-11-40. Temporary crisis placements. - (A) The department is authorized to develop a network of...
Section 63-11-50. License revocation or refusal to renew. - The department may revoke the license of any child welfare...
Section 63-11-60. Placing children in family homes. - A licensed child welfare agency may place children in family...
Section 63-11-70. Background checks; pardons. - When a provision of law or regulation provides for a...
Section 63-11-80. Prohibition against certain disclosures of information; exception. - An officer, agent or employee of the department or a...
Section 63-11-90. Penalties. - Any person and any officer, agent or employee of the...
Section 63-11-310. Children's advocacy centers. - (A) "Children's Advocacy Centers" mean centers which must coordinate a...
Section 63-11-400. Short title. - This article may be cited as the "South Carolina Children's...
Section 63-11-410. South Carolina Children's Advocacy Medical Response System. - There is created the South Carolina Children's Advocacy Medical Response...
Section 63-11-420. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Child" has the same...
Section 63-11-430. Program requirements. - (A) The program coordinates and administers child abuse medical service...
Section 63-11-500. Creation, purpose, and administration of program. - (A) There is created the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad...
Section 63-11-510. Responsibilities of guardian ad litem. - The responsibilities and duties of a guardian ad litem are...
Section 63-11-520. Persons prohibited from appointment as guardians ad litem. - No person may be appointed as a guardian ad litem...
Section 63-11-530. Guardian ad litem to represent best interests of the child; removal of volunteer guardian ad litem. - (A)(1) The guardian ad litem is charged in general with...
Section 63-11-540. Right of access to information and records. - All reports made and information collected as described in Section...
Section 63-11-550. Confidentiality of records and information. - (A) All reports and information collected pursuant to this article...
Section 63-11-560. Immunity from liability for guardian ad litem. - After participating in the training program of the South Carolina...
Section 63-11-570. Funds. - The General Assembly shall provide the funds necessary for the...
Section 63-11-700. Division for Review of the Foster Care of Children; board. - (A) There is created, within the Department of Children's Advocacy,...
Section 63-11-710. Local boards for review. - (A) There are created sixteen local boards for review of...
Section 63-11-720. Functions and powers of local boards. - (A) The functions and powers of local foster care review...
Section 63-11-730. Background checks for employees and board members. - (A) No person may be employed by the Department of...
Section 63-11-740. Meetings of local boards; staffing. - Local boards shall conduct meetings in the judicial circuit which...
Section 63-11-750. Participation in child abuse and neglect proceedings. - (A) The Foster Care Review Board may participate, through counsel,...
Section 63-11-760. Immunity from liability. - After participating in a training program of the system for...
Section 63-11-770. Cooperation of public and private agencies. - All public and private agencies and facilities which provide for...
Section 63-11-780. Petitions for relief. - A person or agency aggrieved by an action or recommendation...
Section 63-11-790. Effect of article on other agencies. - The provisions of this article may not be construed to...
Section 63-11-910. Fund established. - (A) There is established the Children's Trust Fund of South...
Section 63-11-920. Board of directors; terms; filling vacancies; compensation; reports. - There is created the Board of Directors for the Children's...
Section 63-11-930. Powers and duties. - To carry out its assigned functions, the board is authorized,...
Section 63-11-940. Director. - The board of directors may employ a director and other...
Section 63-11-950. Disbursement of funds. - (A) The amount deposited in the trust fund from contributions...
Section 63-11-960. Deposit and distribution of contributions pursuant to Section 12-6-5060. - Funds from the receipt of contributions pursuant to Section 12-6-5060...
Section 63-11-1110 to 63-11-1160. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section 63-11-1110, titled Creation, had the following history:...
Section 63-11-1310. Purpose. - It is the purpose of this article to develop and...
Section 63-11-1320. Clients. - (A)(1) The Continuum of Care serves children: (a) who have...
Section 63-11-1330. Duties. - The Continuum of Care shall perform the following duties and...
Section 63-11-1340. Director and other staff; promulgation of regulations. - The State Child Advocate may appoint a Director of the...
Section 63-11-1350. Confidentiality. - (A) Records, reports, applications, and files kept on any client...
Section 63-11-1360. Annual report. - The Continuum of Care Division shall submit an annual report...
Section 63-11-1510. System established. - There is established the Interagency System for Caring for Emotionally...
Section 63-11-1520. State agency responsibilities. - The Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the other...
Section 63-11-1530. Services Fund. - There is established the Services Fund for Emotionally Disturbed Children....
Section 63-11-1710. Board established; administrative responsibilities. - (A) There is established the South Carolina First Steps to...
Section 63-11-1720. Board of trustees; composition; oversight. - (A) There is created the South Carolina First Steps to...
Section 63-11-1725. Advisory council. - (A) For the purposes of this article, "advisory council" means...
Section 63-11-1730. Board of trustees; promulgation of comprehensive long-term initiative; regulations; policies. - To oversee and be accountable for the South Carolina First...
Section 63-11-1735. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled BabyNet; definitions; compliance with federal law,...
Section 63-11-1740. Director and staff; salary duties. - The South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of...
Section 63-11-1750. Funding. - (A) A separate fund must be established to accept nongovernmental...
Section 63-11-1900. Policy. - It is the policy of this State that: (1) every...
Section 63-11-1910. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Child" means a person...
Section 63-11-1920. Department established. - There is created within the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED)...
Section 63-11-1930. Committee established. - (A) There is created a State Child Fatality Advisory Committee...
Section 63-11-1940. Purpose and duties of department. - (A) The purpose of the department is to expeditiously investigate...
Section 63-11-1950. Purpose and duties of committee. - (A) The purpose of the State Child Fatality Advisory Committee...
Section 63-11-1960. Access to information. - Upon request of the department and as necessary to carry...
Section 63-11-1970. Subpoena power. - When necessary in the discharge of the duties of the...
Section 63-11-1980. Confidentiality of meetings. - (A) Meetings of the committee and department are closed to...
Section 63-11-1990. Confidentiality of information. - (A) All information and records acquired by the committee and...
Section 63-11-2110. Military-Connected Children's Welfare Task Force. - (A) There is created the "Military-Connected Children's Welfare Task Force"...
Section 63-11-2210. Department of Children's Advocacy established. - There is created the Department of Children's Advocacy. The department...
Section 63-11-2215. Administrative support of department. - The Department of Administration shall provide administrative support to the...
Section 63-11-2220. Composition of department; salaries. - The department shall be comprised of deputy child advocates, investigators,...
Section 63-11-2230. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Critical incident" means the...
Section 63-11-2240. State Child Advocate; responsibilities; qualifications. - (A) The State Child Advocate is responsible for ensuring that...
Section 63-11-2250. Confidentiality. - Any and all information and records acquired by the Department...
Section 63-11-2260. Compensation of State Child Advocate. - The State Child Advocate shall receive compensation as established under...
Section 63-11-2270. Duties; reports; access. - The Department of Children's Advocacy shall: (1) ensure that children...
Section 63-11-2280. Critical incidents; reporting requirements; investigation. - (A) A state agency shall inform the Department of Children's...
Section 63-11-2290. Toll-free public telephone number and electronic complaint submission form; agencies required to post number and web address. - (A) The Department of Children's Advocacy shall establish a toll-free...
Section 63-11-2295. Complaints regarding State Child Advocate and department. - (A) Complaints regarding any allegations against the State Child Advocate,...
Section 63-11-2400. South Carolina Child Abuse Response Protocol; failure to comply with protocol. - In the investigation of a known or suspected crime against...
Section 63-11-2410. Establishment of Child Abuse Protocol Review Committee; membership; meetings. - (A) The South Carolina Children's Justice Act Task Force and...
Section 63-11-2420. Maintenance of protocol. - The Department of Children's Advocacy shall maintain the protocol and...