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S.C. Code Ann. § 63-11-2290

Toll-free public telephone number and electronic complaint submission form; agencies required to post number and web address

Known as the South Carolina Children's Code

The act spans §§ 63–63 (451 sections).

2018 Act No. 160 (S.805), SECTION 1, eff July 1, 2019.

(A) The Department of Children's Advocacy shall establish a toll-free public telephone number and an electronic complaint submission form on the department's website for the purpose of receiving complaints relative to the provision of services to children by a state agency. The department shall transfer a complainant to the appropriate agency if the complainant's submission is related to abuse, neglect, or an open matter within another agency.

(B) The following agencies must post the toll-free public telephone number and the web address of the department's electronic complaint submission form prominently in clear view of all employees and the public and in a conspicuous location on the agency's website:

(1) Department of Social Services;

(2) Office of Mental Health;

(3) Department of Juvenile Justice;

(4) Department of Health and Environmental Control;

(5) Department of Health and Human Services;

(6) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities;

(7) John de la Howe School;

(8) School for the Deaf and the Blind; and

(9) Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.