{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-11-2230","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-11-2230","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this article:\n(1) \"Critical incident\" means the fatality, near fatality, or serious bodily or emotional injury of a child who is in the custody of or receiving services from a state agency, or circumstances that result in a reasonable belief that a state agency failed in its duty to protect a child, resulting in the imminent risk or suffering of serious bodily or emotional injury, or death, of a child.\n(2) \"State agency\" means an agency as provided in Section 63-11-2240(A).","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 11 Children's Services Agencies","ARTICLE 22 Department of Children's Advocacy"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c011.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:34Z","sha256":"fa384ff59a9b5a4d650845ec72a9056645721e54f7cd11d0583a3e817263fb88","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-11-2220","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-11-2240"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}