S.C. Code Ann. § 44-29-80: Laboratories shall report positive tests and cooperate in preventing spread of sexually transmitted disease.

Any laboratory performing a positive laboratory test for a sexually transmitted disease shall make a report of the case or positive laboratory test for a sexually transmitted disease to the Department of Health and Environmental Control in the form and manner as the department directs and shall cooperate with the Department of Health and Environmental Control and local boards of health in preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.