{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-1220","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1220","heading":"South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigation of Department of Juvenile Justice and Department of Social Services institutional abuse cases.","body":"The State Law Enforcement Division is authorized to receive and investigate reports of institutional abuse and neglect alleged to have occurred in any institution or foster home operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice and any institution or childcare facility operated by the Department of Social Services. The State Law Enforcement Division may promulgate regulations consistent with this authority to investigate these reports and take remedial action, if necessary.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 7 Child Protection and Permanency","ARTICLE 3 Identification, Investigation, and Intervention","Subarticle 7 Institutional Abuse and Neglect"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:24Z","sha256":"e1bb718b97b9f5e43c1cc13ce656ca2621fa46ae87c955a451115271cf983652","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-1210","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-1230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}