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Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70

South CarolinastatuteSouth Carolina General Assembly (administered by SC Department of Health and Environmental Control / now Dept of Public Health)· effective 2011-05-11

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1Fees collected under this chapter must be retained by the department in a separate account used exclusively to carry out its responsibilities under the chapter (SECTION 44-70-80).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)
  • 2A licensed in-home provider and an individual employed as an in-home caregiver are subject to random drug testing (SECTION 44-70-70).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)
  • 3The department must promulgate regulations governing license application/renewal, caregiver criminal record checks, drug testing, minimum education and training and continuing education requirements, communicable-disease screening, bonding, record keeping, reporting, insurance, and sanctions (SECTION 44-70-40).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)
  • 4Before being employed as an in-home caregiver by a licensed in-home care provider, a person shall undergo a criminal record check as provided for in Section 44-7-2910 and submit to a drug test (SECTION 44-70-60(B)).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)
  • 5A license to operate as an in-home care provider is not transferable or assignable and is subject to suspension or revocation for failure to comply with this chapter or the department's regulations (SECTION 44-70-50).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)
  • 6Before becoming licensed as an in-home care provider, a person must undergo a criminal record check as provided for in the department's regulations and submit to a drug test (SECTION 44-70-60(A)).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)
  • 7An in-home care provider must apply for and obtain a license issued by the department, effective for a specified time period following the date of issue as determined by the department (SECTION 44-70-30).(Licensure of In-Home Care Providers Act — S.C. Code of Laws Title 44, Chapter 70)

Applies to: personal care

This statute requires businesses that provide in-home care (assistance with activities of daily living) to be licensed, and directs the department to promulgate regulations covering caregiver criminal checks, drug testing, training, and provider duties.

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