South Carolina Code 44-70-60. Criminal record check; drug test
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(A) Before becoming licensed as an in-home care provider, a person must undergo a criminal record check as provided for in regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to § 44-70-40 and submit to a drug test.
(B) Before being employed as an in-home caregiver by a licensed in-home care provider, a person shall undergo a criminal record check as provided for in § 44-7-2910 and submit to a drug test.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-70-60
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-70-20
- In-home care: means care:
(a) primarily intended to assist an individual with an activity of daily living or in meeting a personal rather than a medical need, but not including skilled care or specific therapy for an illness or injury;
(b) given to assist an individual in an activity of daily living, such as walking, getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, feeding, using the toilet, preparing special diets, and supervising self-administered medication; and
(c) personal in nature but not mandating continuing attention or supervision from trained and licensed medical personnel. See South Carolina Code 44-70-20 - In-home care provider: means a business entity, corporation, or association, whether operated for profit or not for profit, that for compensation directly provides or makes provision for in-home care services through its own employees or agents or through contractual arrangements with independent contractors or through referral of other persons to render in-home care services when the individual making the referral has a financial interest in the delivery of those services by those other persons who would deliver those services. See South Carolina Code 44-70-20