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Section 63-7-10. Purpose. - (A) Any intervention by the State into family life on...
Section 63-7-20. Definitions. - When used in this chapter or Chapter 9 or 11...
Section 63-7-25. Children in out-of-home care; age or developmentally appropriate activities. - (A) Every child placed with a caregiver for out-of-home care...
Section 63-7-30. Seeking assistance. - A person seeking assistance in meeting child care responsibilities may...
Section 63-7-40. Safe haven for abandoned babies. - (A) A safe haven in this State must, without a...
Section 63-7-310. Persons required to report. - (A) The following persons must report in accordance with this...
Section 63-7-315. Civil action created for wrongful termination based on employee having reported child abuse or neglect. - (A) An employer must not dismiss, demote, suspend, or otherwise...
Section 63-7-320. Notification; transfer; notice to designated military officials. - (A) Where reports are made pursuant to Section 63-7-310 to...
Section 63-7-330. Confidentiality of information. - (A) The identity of the person making a report pursuant...
Section 63-7-340. Previous reports. - When a report is referred to the department for an...
Section 63-7-350. Reports for lack of investigation. - If the department does not conduct an investigation as a...
Section 63-7-360. Mandatory reporting to coroner. - A person required under Section 63-7-310 to report cases of...
Section 63-7-370. Domestic violence reporting. - The law enforcement officer upon receipt of a report of...
Section 63-7-380. Photos and x-rays without parental consent; release of medical records. - A person required to report under Section 63-7-310 may take,...
Section 63-7-390. Reporter immunity from liability. - A person required or permitted to report pursuant to Section...
Section 63-7-400. Department of Social Services immunity from liability. - An employee, volunteer, or official of the Department of Social...
Section 63-7-410. Failure to report; penalties. - A person required to report a case of child abuse...
Section 63-7-420. Abrogation of privileged communication; exceptions. - The privileged quality of communication between husband and wife and...
Section 63-7-430. Civil action for bad faith reporting. - (A) If the family court determines pursuant to Section 63-7-2000...
Section 63-7-440. Knowingly making false report. - (A) It is unlawful to knowingly make a false report...
Section 63-7-450. Department of Social Services to provide information to public. - (A) The Department of Social Services Protective Services shall inform...
Section 63-7-610. Statewide jurisdiction. - (A) A law enforcement officer investigating a case of suspected...
Section 63-7-620. Emergency protective custody. - (A) A law enforcement officer may take emergency protective custody...
Section 63-7-630. Notification of Department of Social Services. - When an officer takes a child into emergency protective custody...
Section 63-7-640. Preliminary investigation. - The department shall conduct within twenty-four hours after the child...
Section 63-7-650. Risk assessment before placement; opportunity to be licensed as kinship foster parent. - (A) Before agreeing to or acquiescing in a corrective action...
Section 63-7-660. Assumption of legal custody. - If the department determines after the preliminary investigation that there...
Section 63-7-670. Returning child to parents; alternative procedures. - If emergency protective custody of the child was taken by...
Section 63-7-680. Emergency protective custody extension. - The period of emergency protective custody may be extended for...
Section 63-7-690. Relative placement. - (A) If within the twenty-four hours following removal of the...
Section 63-7-700. Emergency protective custody proceedings. - (A) If a law enforcement officer clearly states to the...
Section 63-7-710. Probable cause hearing. - (A) The family court shall schedule a probable cause hearing...
Section 63-7-720. Reasonable efforts to prevent removal. - (A) An order issued as a result of the probable...
Section 63-7-730. Expedited placement of child with relative. - (A) If the court finds at the probable cause hearing...
Section 63-7-735. Right to become a licensed kinship foster parent. - (A) Before the department places a child with a relative...
Section 63-7-740. Ex parte emergency protective custody. - (A) The family court may order ex parte that a...
Section 63-7-750. Doctor or hospital may detain child; civil immunity. - (A) A physician or hospital to which a child has...
Section 63-7-760. Protocols. - The department and local law enforcement agencies shall develop written...
Section 63-7-765. Required disclosure of information to kinship care providers. - Prior to and at the time the department places a...
Section 63-7-770. Required disclosure of information to residential health facilities. - (A) Prior to and at the time the department places...
Section 63-7-900. Purpose of the subarticle. - (A) It is the purpose of this subarticle to encourage...
Section 63-7-910. Duties of the department. - (A)(1) The Department of Social Services may maintain a toll-free...
Section 63-7-920. Investigations and case determination. - (A)(1) Within twenty-four hours of the receipt of a report...
Section 63-7-930. Classification categories. - (A) Reports of child abuse and neglect must be classified...
Section 63-7-940. Use of unfounded case information. - (A) Information concerning reports classified as unfounded contained in the...
Section 63-7-950. Withholding health care. - (A) Upon receipt of a report that a parent or...
Section 63-7-960. Consolidation and delivery of services. - The department is charged with providing, directing, or coordinating the...
Section 63-7-970. Children of incarcerated women. - The local office of the department responsible for the county...
Section 63-7-980. Cooperation between the department and law enforcement. - (A) The department must cooperate with law enforcement agencies within...
Section 63-7-990. Access to sex offender registry. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon request of the...
Section 63-7-1210. Department investigation of institutional abuse. - (A) The Department of Social Services is authorized to receive...
Section 63-7-1220. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigation of Department of Juvenile Justice and Department of Social Services institutional abuse cases. - The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to receive and...
Section 63-7-1230. Immediate entry in Central Registry of name of person determined to have abused child; notification; challenge. - When the investigation performed pursuant to this subarticle results in...
Section 63-7-1410. Purpose. - The purpose of this subarticle is to provide a child...
Section 63-7-1420. Appeal of judicial determinations. - If a person requests an appeal under this subarticle and...
Section 63-7-1430. Notice and opportunity to be heard. - (A) If the department determines that a report of suspected...
Section 63-7-1440. Judicial review. - An appellant seeking judicial review shall file a petition in...
Section 63-7-1610. Jurisdiction and venue. - (A) The family court has exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings...
Section 63-7-1620. Legal representation of children. - In all child abuse and neglect proceedings: (1) Children must...
Section 63-7-1630. Notice of hearings. - The department shall provide notice of a hearing held in...
Section 63-7-1640. Family preservation. - (A)(1) When this chapter requires the department to make reasonable...
Section 63-7-1650. Services without removal. - (A) Upon investigation of a report under Section 63-7-920 or...
Section 63-7-1660. Services with removal. - (A) Upon investigation of a report received under Section 63-7-310...
Section 63-7-1670. Treatment plan. - (A) At the close of a hearing pursuant to Section...
Section 63-7-1680. Approval or amendment of plan. - (A) If the court orders that a child be removed...
Section 63-7-1690. Placement plans; substance abuse issues. - (A) When the conditions justifying removal pursuant to Section 63-7-1660...
Section 63-7-1700. Permanency planning. - (A) The family court shall review the status of a...
Section 63-7-1710. Standards for terminating parental rights. - (A) When a child is in the custody of the...
Section 63-7-1720. Clerk of court and court administration progress reports. - (A) Beginning on January 1, 2000, or on the date...
Section 63-7-1730. Qualified residential treatment program placement; assessment; case planning; documentation requirements. - (A) A child in the department's custody who is placed...
Section 63-7-1740. Review of qualified residential treatment program placement. - (A) The court shall review the status of a child...
Section 63-7-1910. Purpose. - The purpose of this subarticle is to establish a system...
Section 63-7-1920. Department to maintain Central Registry. - (A) The Department of Social Services must maintain a Central...
Section 63-7-1930. Petition for placement in Central Registry. - (A) At any time following receipt of a report, the...
Section 63-7-1940. Court order for placement in Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect. - (A) At a hearing pursuant to Section 63-7-1650 or 63-7-1660,...
Section 63-7-1950. Updated records requested. - In cases where a person has been placed in the...
Section 63-7-1960. Destruction of certain records. - The names, addresses, birth dates, identifying characteristics, and other information...
Section 63-7-1970. Release of information. - Information in the central registry and other department records may...
Section 63-7-1980. Screening against the Central Registry. - (A) When a statute or regulation makes determination of a...
Section 63-7-1990. Confidentiality and release of records and information. - (A) All reports made and information collected pursuant to this...
Section 63-7-2000. Retention and disclosure of records of unfounded cases. - (A) Notwithstanding other provisions of the law affecting confidentiality of...
Section 63-7-2010. Annual reports. - The Department of Social Services must furnish annually to the...
Section 63-7-2310. Protecting and nurturing children in foster care. - (A) To protect and nurture children in foster care, the...
Section 63-7-2320. Kinship Foster Care Program. - (A) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...
Section 63-7-2330. Placement with relatives. - (A) When the Department of Social Services has custody of...
Section 63-7-2340. Fingerprint review. - (A) A person applying for licensure as a foster parent...
Section 63-7-2345. Payment of costs of Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint reviews. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 63-7-2350, the department is authorized...
Section 63-7-2350. Restrictions on foster care or adoption placements. - (A) No child in the custody of the Department of...
Section 63-7-2360. Placement of minor sex offenders. - (A) No agency may place a minor in a foster...
Section 63-7-2370. Disclosure of information to foster parents. - Prior to and at the time the department places a...
Section 63-7-2380. Foster parent training. - The Department of Social Services shall establish standards for foster...
Section 63-7-2390. Loss for uninsured damages. - A state agency which places a child in a foster...
Section 63-7-2400. Number of foster children who may be placed in a foster home. - (A) A foster home may not provide full-time care for...
Section 63-7-2510. Purpose. - The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for...
Section 63-7-2520. Jurisdiction. - The family court has exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings held...
Section 63-7-2530. Filing procedures. - (A) A petition seeking termination of parental rights may be...
Section 63-7-2540. Content of petition. - A petition for the termination of parental rights must set...
Section 63-7-2550. Service of petition. - (A) A summons and petition for termination of parental rights...
Section 63-7-2560. Representation by counsel; guardian ad litem. - (A) Parents, guardians, or other persons subject to a termination...
Section 63-7-2570. Grounds. - The family court may order the termination of parental rights...
Section 63-7-2580. Permanency of order. - (A) If the court finds that a ground for termination,...
Section 63-7-2590. Effect of order. - (A) An order terminating the relationship between parent and child...
Section 63-7-2600. Confidentiality. - All papers and records pertaining to a termination of parental...
Section 63-7-2610. Effect on adoption laws. - The provisions of this article do not, except as specifically...
Section 63-7-2620. Construction of law. - This article must be liberally construed in order to ensure...
Section 63-7-2700. Purpose. - The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for...
Section 63-7-2710. Definitions. - For purposes of this article: (1) "Administrative case review" means...
Section 63-7-2720. Creation and implementation of extended foster care program. - There is created within the Department of Social Services an...
Section 63-7-2730. Voluntary extension of foster care; jurisdiction; transition plan. - (A) Before a child's eighteenth birthday, the child may provide...
Section 63-7-2740. Proceedings for review of voluntary placement agreement. - (A) Within thirty days of entering a voluntary placement agreement,...
Section 63-7-2750. Court-ordered extension of foster care; annual review of child's status; guardian ad litem. - (A) A child who is in the legal custody of...
Section 63-7-2760. Administrative case review; development of transition plan. - (A) The department shall establish a developmentally appropriate administrative process...
Section 63-7-2770. Permanency planning hearings. - (A) If a child remains in the legal custody of...
Section 63-7-2780. Review of progress toward meeting goals in transition plan. - Upon motion of the child or the department at any...
Section 63-7-2790. Notice of adverse decision; right to appeal; judicial review. - (A) If the department denies, disqualifies, terminates, or suspends a...