2020 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 25 - Domestic Violence
Section 16-25-750. Recommendations.
Each domestic fatality review committee shall make recommendations, when appropriate to, but not limited to, the Domestic Violence Advisory Committee created pursuant to Section 16-25-310 regarding:
(1) training, including cross-agency training, consultation, technical assistance needs, and service gaps that would decrease the likelihood of domestic violence;
(2) the need for changes to any statute, regulation, policy, or procedure to decrease the incidences of domestic violence and include proposals for changes to statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures in the committee's annual report;
(3) education of the public regarding the incidences and causes of domestic violence, specific steps the public can undertake to prevent domestic violence, and the support that civic, philanthropic, and public service organizations can provide in assisting the committee to educate the public;
(4) training of medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement, and other emergency responders on the causes and identification of domestic violence incidents, indicators, and injuries; and
(5) the development and implementation of policies and procedures for its own governance and operation.
HISTORY: 2016 Act No. 147 (H.4666), Section 1, eff March 15, 2016.
