# S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-20: SECTION 44-1-20. Department of Public Health

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-20

## Section

- **Citation:** S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-20
- **Heading:** SECTION 44-1-20. Department of Public Health
- **Jurisdiction:** South Carolina
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SC Code / Title 44 / Chapter 1 / Section 44-1-20

## Text

There is created the South Carolina Department of Public Health. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 222, SECTION 15, provides as follows: "SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member on it as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires." Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 60, SECTION 3.A, rewrote the section.

## Nearby sections

- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-20 SECTION 44-1-20. Department of Public Health.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-20.md)
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- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-50 SECTION 44-1-50. Administrative reviews; power to organize department.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-50.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-60 SECTION 44-1-60. Appeals from department decisions giving rise to contested case; procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-60.md)
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- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-80 SECTION 44-1-80. Duties and powers of board as to communicable or epidemic diseases.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-80.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-90 SECTION 44-1-90. Board shall advise municipal and county authorities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-90.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-100 SECTION 44-1-100. Assistance from peace and health officers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-100.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-110 SECTION 44-1-110. Duties of department in regard to public health, in general.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-110.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-130 SECTION 44-1-130. Department may establish health districts and district advisory boards of health.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-130.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-140 SECTION 44-1-140. Department may promulgate and enforce rules and regulations for public health.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-140.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-143 SECTION 44-1-143. Requirements for home-based food production operations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-143.md)
- [S.C. Code Ann. § 44-1-145 SECTION 44-1-145. Minimum cooking temperature for ground beef; exceptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SC_T44_C1_S44-1-145.md)

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