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Subcommittee approves multiple DSS regulation updates; childcare licensing draft carried to full committee
Summary
The Health and Health Care Industry Subcommittee advanced a package of Department of Social Services regulations (documents 5303, 5308, 5313, 5315 and others) and referred childcare licensing regulations (5314) to the full committee with instructions to withdraw and resubmit limited statutory-conforming changes.
The Health and Health Care Industry Subcommittee considered several Department of Social Services regulations on licensing, certification and adoption. After presentations and questions from members, the subcommittee voted to adopt multiple items and to refer one item to full committee with a recommendation for revision.
Certification standards for adoption investigators (document 5303) were updated to modernize citations and add minimum education and supervision requirements for certain certified adoption investigators, including an option requiring an associate degree plus agency supervision or a bachelor’s/master’s/doctoral degree in a human-services field. The regulation also adds mandatory background checks including checks of the South Carolina…
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