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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 §§ 63-1-10 to 63-9-2290 (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.