State Immunization Laws for Healthcare
Workers and Patients

Immunization Administration Requirements
For State: SC

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Patient Type	Vaccine	Requirement
Hospital Employees	Hepatitis B[1]	No
	Influenza[2]	No
	MMR[3]	No
	Varicella[4]	No
	Pneumococcal[5]	No
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[6]	No
Hospital Inpatients	Influenza[7]	No
	Pneumococcal[8]	No
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[9]	No
Individual Providers' Patients	Any Immunization[10]	No
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[11]	No
Ambulatory Care Facilities Employees	Any Immunization[12]	Ensure[243]
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[13]	Yes – (M)[244]
Ambulatory Care Facilities Patients	Any Immunization[14]	No
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[15]	No
Correctional Inmates and Residents	Any Immunization[16]	No
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[17]	No
Developmentally Disabled Facility Residents	Any Immunization[18]	Offer[245]
	Medical(M),Religious(R), or Philosophical(P) Exemptions[19]	No
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[1] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer hepatitis B vaccine to any employees of the hospital, or ensure that any such employees are vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine?
[2] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer influenza vaccine to any employees of the hospital, or ensure that any such employees are vaccinated with influenza vaccine?
[3] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine (or any component thereof) to any employees of the hospital, or ensure that any such employees are vaccinated with MMR vaccine?
[4] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer varicella vaccine to any employees of the hospital, or ensure that any such employees are vaccinated with varicella vaccine?
[5] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine to any employees of the hospital, or ensure that any such employees are vaccinated with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine?	Top of Page
[6] If any hospitals are required to ensure that any hospital employees are vaccinated with hepatitis B, influenza, MMR, varicella or pneumococcal vaccine, does the jurisdiction provide any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?
[7] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer any inpatients of the hospital influenza vaccine, or ensure that any inpatients are vaccinated with influenza vaccine?
[8] Does the jurisdiction require that any hospitals offer any inpatients of the hospital pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, or ensure that any inpatients are vaccinated with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine?
[9] If any hospitals are required to ensure that any hospital inpatients are vaccinated with influenza or pneumococcal vaccines, does the jurisdiction provide any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?	Top of Page
[10] Does the jurisdiction require that any individual healthcare providers offer any vaccinations to any patients, or ensure that any patients are vaccinated with any vaccines?
[11] If any individual providers are required to ensure that any of their patients are vaccinated with any vaccines, does the jurisdiction provide any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?
[12] Does the jurisdiction require that any ambulatory care facilities offer any vaccinations to any employees, or ensure that any employees are vaccinated with any vaccines?
[13] If any ambulatory care facilities are required to ensure that any employees are vaccinated with any vaccines, does the jurisdiction provide any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?	Top of Page
[14] Does the jurisdiction require that any ambulatory care facilities offer any vaccinations to any patients, or ensure that any patients are vaccinated with any vaccines?
[15] If any ambulatory care facilities are required to ensure that any patients are vaccinated with any vaccines, does the jurisdiction provide for any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?
[16] Does the jurisdiction require that any correctional facilities or juvenile detention centers offer any vaccinations to any inmates or juveniles, or ensure that any inmates or juveniles are vaccinated with any vaccines?
[17] If any correctional centers or juvenile detention centers are required to ensure that any inmates or juveniles are vaccinated with any vaccines, does the jurisdiction provide for any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?	Top of Page
[18] Does the jurisdiction require that any residential facilities for the developmentally disabled or mentally retarded offer any residents any vaccinations, or ensure that any residents are vaccinated with any vaccines?
[19] If any residential facilities for the developmentally disabled or mentally retarded are required to ensure that any residents are vaccinated with any vaccines, does the jurisdiction provide for any medical, religious or philosophical exemptions to such administration requirements?
[243] For South Carolina requirements, see S.C. Code Regs. 61-108, relating to “freestanding or mobile technology,” and S.C. Code Regs. 61-91, relating to “ambulatory surgical facilities.” S.C. Code Regs. 61-108 and S.C. Code Regs. 61-91 provide that all direct care staff who perform tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps shall have the hepatitis B vaccination series unless the vaccine is contraindicated or an individual is offered the series and declines. Also, all direct care staff shall have an annual influenza vaccination unless contraindicated or offered and declined, and all direct care staff shall have been vaccinated or have evidence of immunity for measles, rubella, and varicella prior to patient contact unless contraindicated or offered and declined. This chart interprets S.C. Code Regs. 61-108 and S.C. Code Regs. 61-91 as “ensure” requirements because exemptions to administration requirements are provided for, indicating that immunization is mandatory except under specified circumstances.
[244] For South Carolina, for exemptions to the immunization administration requirements of S.C. Code Regs. 61-108, relating to “freestanding or mobile technology,” and S.C. Code Regs. 61-91, relating to "ambulatory surgical facilities,” see S.C. Code Regs. 61-108 and S.C. Code Regs. 61-91, providing that hepatitis B immunization, influenza immunization, and measles, rubella, and varicella immunization administration requirements are inapplicable where medically contraindicated.	Top of Page
[245] For South Carolina requirements, see S.C. Code Regs. 114-590, relating to “residential group care facilities for children.” S.C. Code Regs. 114-590 provides that each child shall be provided with appropriate inoculations. S.C. Code Regs. 114-590 defines “residential group care facilities for children” as including those organizations which provide temporary or long-term, full time residential care for children on a year-round basis such as child caring institutions, emergency shelters, group homes and organizations with supervised individual living facilities. Child caring institutions and group homes may also be further categorized as low management facilities, moderate management facilities, and high management facilities. Boarding schools that do not operate year-round or do not offer services beyond those associated with school programming are not encompassed within these regulations. “Group home” means any facility that provides residential care and maintenance to fewer than 10 children. “Child caring institution” means any facility that provides residential care and maintenance to 10 or more children. Based on a plain reading of the definitions of “residential group care facilities for children,” “group homes,” and “child caring institutions,” this chart assumes that the definition of “residential group care facilities for children” covers residential facilities for the developmentally disabled or mentally retarded.

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