ABOUT DHEC
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is the state agency charged with protecting public health, coastal resources, and the state's land, air and water quality as authorized under multiple state and federal laws. Approximately 3,500 full-time DHEC employees around the state support communities in promoting health, provide vital healthcare and other direct services, monitor pollution, coordinate disease control, carry out the agency's inspection and regulatory responsibilities, respond to environmental emergencies, and protect public health and the environment in numerous other ways.
Healthy People Living in Healthy Communities is a 12 minute video overview of the agency. It touches on DHEC's vast responsibilities and roles and demonstrates how South Carolinians and the state are affected each day by the work the agency performs.
CONTACT
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
(803) 898-DHEC (3432)
