{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-20-1000","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-20-1000","heading":"Licensing by department to be done in conjunction with licensing by agency having responsibility outside the department's jurisdiction; cooperative agreements.","body":"Licensing by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities must be done in conjunction with and not in place of licensing by an agency having responsibilities outside the department's jurisdiction. However, nothing in this section prevents the department from entering into cooperative agreements or contracts with an agency which has or may have licensing responsibilities in order to accomplish the licensing of programs.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 20 South Carolina Intellectual Disability, Related Disabilities, Head Injuries, and Spinal Cord Injuries Act","ARTICLE 5 Licensure and Regulation of Facilities and Programs"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c020.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:31:14Z","sha256":"137ef9b0ebbb94f9188e3408de4f6addce9d4bfa7289db184c15b76b6880762c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-20-900","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-20-1110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}