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Ask-a-Lawyer
(Separate Website)
The South Carolina Bar’s free Ask-A-Lawyer telephone service has helped callers with their legal questions for four years, during which it has expanded from two to five days a week and provided free legal help to more than 52,000 callers.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Bureau of Certification
(Separate Website)
The Division of Certification surveys health facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including nursing homes and facilities for the mentally retarded. These facilities are surveyed with unannounced site visits. Survey teams include nurses, pharmacists, social workers, dieticians and qualified mental retardation professionals.
By: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Lawyer Referral Service Online
(Separate Website)
The Lawyer Referral Service Online provides a list of attorneys by county that participate in the Bar's LRS program. To find an attorney simply click the county in which you live and look for one that practices in the area of law concerning your question.
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Toward Local Care
(Separate Website)
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health is committed to enhancing treatment in the community by developing community programs that provide residential and rehabilitative services to help clients integrate into their communities, while properly addressing clinical needs and the safety of the consumer and the community, and providing stabilization services that assist individuals in distress without hospitalization.
By: SC Department of Mental Health