The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- S.C. Code Regs. 61-25 §§ 2-201.11, 2-201.12, 8-404.11, 8-404.12
- Issued
- 1995-06-23 June 23, 1995
- Effective
- in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3 (read as 1995-06-23)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since June 23, 1995 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: every retail food establishment (restaurants, food-service establishments, grocery and convenience food service) and its permit holder and person in charge
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: South Carolina DUT-SC
Operative words
(A) The Department, without prior notice or hearing, may suspend the permit to operate a retail food establishment when it is determined that the operation of the retail food establishment constitutes an imminent health hazard to public health... (B) Following permit suspension due to an imminent health hazard, all food service operations shall immediately cease.
Penalty
permit suspension and cessation of operations (§ 8-404.11); misdemeanor and civil penalties under § 44-1-150 (Ex. DUT-SC-001)
What it required
Every retail food establishment operates under a DHEC permit conditioned on the regulation; DHEC may suspend the permit summarily for an imminent health hazard, whereupon all food service operations shall immediately cease; the person in charge must exclude or restrict food employees who report symptoms or diagnoses of listed illnesses (§§ 2-201.11, 2-201.12); a voluntarily closed establishment 'shall remain closed until authorized by the Department to resume operations' (§ 8-404.11(D)).
Retrieval noteThe exhibit is the Legislative Council's current compilation of Regulations 61-18 through 61-58.17 (9.5 MB); Regulation 61-25 begins at the heading 'Retail Food Establishments' with the statutory-authority recital. The Governor's orders defined 'Restaurants' by reference to this regulation and § 44-1-140 (Ex. SC-027 § 3(C): '... Carolina Code of Regulations, licensed or permitted by DHEC in accordance with section 44-1-140'; Ex. SC-030). Regulation 61-20 (Communicable Diseases), the DHEC reporting, isolation and quarantine regulation in force in 2020-2021, appears in this compilation only as '61-20. Transferred' (to S.C. Code Regs. 60-19 by SCSR 49-5 Doc. No. 5352, eff. May 23, 2025).