South Carolina § 44-7-315 - Disclosure of information regarding facility or home.

§ 44-7-315. Disclosure of information regarding facility or home.

(A) Information received by the Division of Health Licensing of the department, through inspection or otherwise, in regard to a facility or activity licensed by the department pursuant to this article or subject to inspection by the department, including a nursing home, a community residential care facility, or an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability, must be disclosed publicly upon written request to the department. The request must be specific as to the facility or activity, dates, documents, and particular information requested. The department may not disclose the identity of individuals present in a facility licensed by the department pursuant to this article or subject to inspection by the department, including a nursing home, a community residential care facility, or an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability. When a report of deficiencies or violations regarding a facility licensed by the department pursuant to this article or subject to inspection by the department, including a nursing home, a community residential care facility, or an intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual disability, is present in the department's files when a request for information is received, the department shall inform the applicant that it has stipulated corrective action and the time it determines for completion of the action. The department also shall inform the applicant that information on the resolution of the corrective action order is expected to be available upon written request within fifteen calendar days or less of the termination of time it determines for completion of the action. However, if information on the resolution is present in the files, it must be furnished to the applicant.

(B) Subsection (A) does not apply to information considered confidential pursuant to Section 40-71-20 and Section 44-30-60.

HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 376, SECTION 1; 1991 Act No; 164, SECTION 1; 2006 Act No. 372, SECTION 3, eff June 9, 2006; 2010 Act No. 223, SECTION 10, eff June 7, 2010; 2010 Act No. 278, SECTION 18, eff July 1, 2010; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 11, eff June 7, 2011.