South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 71 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION-DIVISION OF LABOR
Article 1 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS
Subarticle 9 - RULES OF AGENCY PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE CONCERNING SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACCESS TO EMPLOYEE MEDICAL RECORDS
Section 71-906 - Removal of Direct Personal Identifiers

Whenever employee medical information obtained pursuant to a written access order is taken off-site with direct personal identifiers included, the Principal SC/OSH Investigator shall, unless otherwise authorized by the SC/OSH Medical Records Officer, promptly separate all direct personal identifiers from the medical information, and code the medical information and the list of direct identifiers with a unique identifying number for each employee. The medical information with its numerical code shall thereafter be used and kept secured as though still in a directly identifiable form. The Principal SC/OSH Investigator shall also hand deliver or mail the list of direct personal identifiers with their corresponding numerical codes to the SC/OSH Medical Records Officer. The SC/OSH Medical Officer shall thereafter limit the use and distribution of the list of coded identifiers to those with a need to know its contents.