Child Protection And Permanency

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Section
63-7-10

Purpose.

Section
63-7-20

Definitions.

Section
63-7-25

Children in out-of-home care; age or developmentally appropriate activities.

Section
63-7-30

Seeking assistance.

Section
63-7-40

Safe haven for abandoned babies.

Section
63-7-310

Persons required to report.

Section
63-7-315

Civil action created for wrongful termination based on employee having reported child abuse or neglect.

Section
63-7-320

Notification; transfer; notice to designated military officials.

Section
63-7-330

Confidentiality of information.

Section
63-7-340

Previous reports.

Section
63-7-350

Reports for lack of investigation.

Section
63-7-360

Mandatory reporting to coroner.

Section
63-7-370

Domestic violence reporting.

Section
63-7-380

Photos and x-rays without parental consent; release of medical records.

Section
63-7-390

Reporter immunity from liability.

Section
63-7-400

Department of Social Services immunity from liability.

Section
63-7-410

Failure to report; penalties.

Section
63-7-420

Abrogation of privileged communication; exceptions.

Section
63-7-430

Civil action for bad faith reporting.

Section
63-7-440

Knowingly making false report.

Section
63-7-450

Department of Social Services to provide information to public.

Section
63-7-610

Statewide jurisdiction.

Section
63-7-620

Emergency protective custody.

Section
63-7-630

Notification of Department of Social Services.

Section
63-7-640

Preliminary investigation.

Section
63-7-650

Risk assessment before placement; opportunity to be licensed as kinship foster parent.

Section
63-7-660

Assumption of legal custody.

Section
63-7-670

Returning child to parents; alternative procedures.

Section
63-7-680

Emergency protective custody extension.

Section
63-7-690

Relative placement.

Section
63-7-700

Emergency protective custody proceedings.

Section
63-7-710

Probable cause hearing.

Section
63-7-720

Reasonable efforts to prevent removal.

Section
63-7-730

Expedited placement of child with relative.

Section
63-7-735

Right to become a licensed kinship foster parent.

Section
63-7-740

Ex parte emergency protective custody.

Section
63-7-750

Doctor or hospital may detain child; civil immunity.

Section
63-7-760

Protocols.

Section
63-7-765

Required disclosure of information to kinship care providers.

Section
63-7-770

Required disclosure of information to residential health facilities.

Section
63-7-900

Purpose of the subarticle.

Section
63-7-910

Duties of the department.

Section
63-7-920

Investigations and case determination.

Section
63-7-930

Classification categories.

Section
63-7-940

Use of unfounded case information.

Section
63-7-950

Withholding health care.

Section
63-7-960

Consolidation and delivery of services.

Section
63-7-970

Children of incarcerated women.

Section
63-7-980

Cooperation between the department and law enforcement.

Section
63-7-990

Access to sex offender registry.

Section
63-7-1210

Department investigation of institutional abuse.

Section
63-7-1220

South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigation of Department of Juvenile Justice and Department of Social Services institutional abuse cases.

Section
63-7-1230

Immediate entry in Central Registry of name of person determined to have abused child; notification; challenge.

Section
63-7-1410

Purpose.

Section
63-7-1420

Appeal of judicial determinations.

Section
63-7-1430

Notice and opportunity to be heard.

Section
63-7-1440

Judicial review.

Section
63-7-1610

Jurisdiction and venue.

Section
63-7-1620

Legal representation of children.

Section
63-7-1630

Notice of hearings.

Section
63-7-1640

Family preservation.

Section
63-7-1650

Services without removal.

Section
63-7-1660

Services with removal.

Section
63-7-1670

Treatment plan.

Section
63-7-1680

Approval or amendment of plan.

Section
63-7-1690

Placement plans; substance abuse issues.

Section
63-7-1700

Permanency planning.

Section
63-7-1710

Standards for terminating parental rights.

Section
63-7-1720

Clerk of court and court administration progress reports.

Section
63-7-1910

Purpose.

Section
63-7-1920

Department to maintain Central Registry.

Section
63-7-1930

Petition for placement in Central Registry.

Section
63-7-1940

Court order for placement in Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect.

Section
63-7-1950

Updated records requested.

Section
63-7-1960

Destruction of certain records.

Section
63-7-1970

Release of information.

Section
63-7-1980

Screening against the Central Registry.

Section
63-7-1990

Confidentiality and release of records and information.

Section
63-7-2000

Retention and disclosure of records of unfounded cases.

Section
63-7-2010

Annual reports.

Section
63-7-2310

Protecting and nurturing children in foster care.

Section
63-7-2320

Kinship Foster Care Program.

Section
63-7-2330

Placement with relatives.

Section
63-7-2340

Fingerprint review.

Section
63-7-2345

Payment of costs of Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint reviews.

Section
63-7-2350

Restrictions on foster care or adoption placements.

Section
63-7-2360

Placement of minor sex offenders.

Section
63-7-2370

Disclosure of information to foster parents.

Section
63-7-2380

Foster parent training.

Section
63-7-2390

Loss for uninsured damages.

Section
63-7-2400

Number of foster children who may be placed in a foster home.

Section
63-7-2510

Purpose.

Section
63-7-2520

Jurisdiction.

Section
63-7-2530

Filing procedures.

Section
63-7-2540

Content of petition.

Section
63-7-2550

Service of petition.

Section
63-7-2560

Representation by counsel; guardian ad litem.

Section
63-7-2570

Grounds.

Section
63-7-2580

Permanency of order.

Section
63-7-2590

Effect of order.

Section
63-7-2600

Confidentiality.

Section
63-7-2610

Effect on adoption laws.

Section
63-7-2620

Construction of law.