{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-44-80","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-44-80","heading":"Access to health and medical records; confidentiality.","body":"All hospitals, health providers, birth centers, clinics, medical records departments, third party payors, laboratories, universities, and other sources of birth defects information shall provide access to all health or medical records for the purpose of surveillance and identification of birth defects in accordance with procedures promulgated by the department in regulation. This access is protected by state and federal law concerning birth defects monitoring, and confidentiality must be maintained by the department in accordance with Section 44-44-140. Individually identifiable data may not be made available to the public.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 44 Birth Defects"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c044.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:14Z","sha256":"e578b39b112e20d8d5ebacfcf4f6d1048fcec7ec0ea18c8241b1748948190824","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-44-70","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-44-90"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}