Formerly a part of DHEC, DPH provides public health services, health care quality improvements, and resources to everyone in South Carolina.

Jul 1, 2024 · Under state law, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is becoming two separate agencies on July 1, 2024. The two new agencies will be the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) and South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH).

Formerly a part of DHEC, SCDES is committed to preserving South Carolina’s air, land, water and coast through Science, Service and Sustainability.

Jun 28, 2024 · DHEC’s remaining public health and healthcare quality programs will transition to DPH and its environmental programs to SCDES. The DHEC Board will be abolished, and the new agencies will be part of the Governor’s cabinet.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) was created by the state Legislature with the DHEC Restructuring Act of 2023 . It is the health component of the agency formerly known as DHEC. The agency officially launched on July 1, 2024. See DHEC Restructuring to …

Jun 24, 2024 · On July 1, 2024, South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control, or DHEC, will be no more. In its place will be two new agencies: the Department of Public Health and the ...

Businesses that were regulated by the former DHEC Manufactured Foods program – including ice, soft drinks, bottled water, frozen desserts, butter and cheese – are now regulated by SCDA’s existing Food Safety program, which oversees food manufacturing at the wholesale level.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC or DHEC) was the government agency responsible for public health and the environment in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1]

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Jun 24, 2024 · Starting next Monday, the Department of Health and Environmental Control, DHEC, will no longer exist and will be replaced by two new state agencies. Last year, Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law that dissolves DHEC and splits its responsibilities between the newly formed Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Department of ...