South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 114 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Article 49 - CHILD PLACING AGENCIES REGULATIONS
Section 114-4950 - Confidentiality Requirements
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. Child placing agencies and their personnel are subject to 20-7-690 and 20-7-1780, Code of Laws of South Carolina.
B. Except as provided below, without written consent of the parent or legal guardian of the child, no officer, agency or employee of the Department or of a licensed facility, agency, group home or foster home shall directly or indirectly disclose personally identifiable information learned about the children placed in their care, their parents, or relatives or other persons having custody or control of them. Such information must be made available upon written request to appropriate Department staff, local child protection agencies, ombudsman of the Governor's office, Foster Care Review Board, person or agency having legal responsibility or authorization to care for, treat, or supervise the child or the child's family, multidisciplinary evaluation teams impaneled by agencies, and law-enforcement agencies investigating suspected cases of abuse and neglect, Family Court, the child, his parents, guardian, or adoptive parents, child's guardian ad litem or attorney.
