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Subcommittee delays residential-treatment rule after debate over staff disqualifications and incident reporting
Summary
The subcommittee carried over regulation 53 42, which would tighten staff disqualification language, add staffing minimums, and revise incident reporting timelines for residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, after senators pressed for clearer language on disqualifying convictions and for immediate incident reporting.
The Medical Affairs Subcommittee voted to carry over proposed regulation 53 42, which sets licensing standards for residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents, after questions from senators about which criminal convictions would disqualify staff and whether incident reporting deadlines should require immediate notification.
Vito, a Department of Public Health staff member, told the subcommittee the regulation “is intended to just clarify, what are the disqualifying convictions for staff members.” The proposed language replaces the prior phrasing—"abuse, neglect or exploitation"—with citations to unlawful conduct as defined in the South Carolina Code and…
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