SC State Government – Departments, Agencies, Boards

• Accident Fund
• Accountancy - Board of
• Adjutant General
• Administrative Law Court
• Aeronautics - Division of
• Agency Mail - General Services Division
• Aging - Office on
• Agriculture - Office of commissioner
• Agriculture - SC Department of
  –  Agriculture commodity associations
  –  Commodity boards
  –  Farmers markets
  
• Air National Guard
• Air Quality - Bureau of
• Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services - SC Department
  –  Services available
  –  Local resources - by county
  
• Architectural Examiners - Board of
• Archives and History - SC Department of
  –  On-line Records Index
  
• Arts Commission
• Athletic Commission
• Attorney General
• Auctioneers' Commission
• Auditor - Office of the State

• Barber Examiners - Board of
• Blind - Commission for the
• Budget - Office of State
• Budget and Control Board - B&CB
• Building Codes Council
• Business Carolina - loan programs for South Carolina businesses - formerly Carolina Capital Investment Corporation
  
• Business Filings - how to file your new business - Secretary of State Office
  
• Business One Stop - how to start a business in South Carolina
  
• Business Services - General Services

• Cabinet Agencies - Governor's Office
• Cemetery - Board of perpetual care
• Chief Information Officer - Office of the State CIO
• Children's Services - Division of
• Chiropractic Examiners - Board of
• Clemson Extension Service
• Client Assistance Program - for rehabilitation services
• Climatology Office
• Colleges, universities
• Commerce - SC Department of
  
• Comptroller General - Office of
• Confederate Relic Room and Museum
• Conservation Bank Act - South Carolina
• Consumer Affairs - SC Department of
• Continuum of Care - for emotionally disturbed children
• Contractors' Licensing Board
• Corrections - SC Department of
  –  Correctional institutions - jails, prisons
  –  Inmate search - inmates
  
• Cosmetology - Board of
• Counselors - Board of Examiners for Licensure of
• Courts - Judicial Department
  –  Clerks of Court –  Court Administration
  <--> –  Court of Appeals
  
• Crime Victims' Ombudsman - Governor's Office
• Criminal Justice Academy

• Deaf and the Blind - School for the
  –  Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program
  
• Dentistry - Board of
• Developmental Disabilities Council
• Disabilities and Special Needs - SC Department of - DSN
  –  Disabilities and Special Needs Boards - by county
  

• Economic Advisors - Board of
• Economic Opportunity - Office of
• Education - SC Department of - K-12
  –  First Steps - Office of
  –  South Carolina Adult Education
  
• Education Oversight Committee
• Election Commission - State
• Emergency Management Division
• Emergency Medical Services - EMS
• Employee Insurance Program - EIP
• Employment Security Commission
  –  Carolina Works - video series
  
• Energy Office
• Engineers - Board of Registration for Professional
• Environmental Certification Board
• Ethics Commission - State
• ETV - South Carolina Educational Television
• ETV Radio - formerly SCERN
• Executive Institute
• Executive Policy and Programs Governor's Office - OEPP

• Facilities Management - General Services
• Film Commission
• Fire Academy - SCFA
• Fire Marshal - State
• First Steps - Office of
• Fleet Management - State
• Foresters - Board of Registration for
• Forestry Commission
  –  County offices
  
• Foster Care Review - Office of - local review boards too
• Funeral Service - Board of

• General Assembly - South Carolina's state legislature
• General Counsel - Office of
• General Services - Office of
• Geologists - Board of Registration for
• Governor's Office
  
• Governor's Task Force on Litter - Palmetto Pride
• Governor's Office of Executive Policy and Programs
• Guardian ad Litem Program - Governor's Office

• Health and Environmental Control - SC Dept of - DHEC
  
• Health and Human Services - SC Department of - HHS
• Higher Education - all public colleges
• Higher Education - Commission on - CHE
• Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission
• Highway department - SC Department of Transportation
• Highway Patrol - State Troopers
• Homeland Security Office - scroll down
• House of Representatives - South Carolina
• Housing Finance and Development Authority
• Human Affairs Commission
• Human Resources - Office of
  –  Human Resources Regulations
  –  Classified job descriptions and pay ranges
  

• Information Office - Division of the State Chief
• Information Technology Management Office
• Insurance - SC Department of
• Insurance Reserve Fund
• Internal Operations - Office of

• Jobs-Economic Development Authority - South Carolina
• Judicial Department - Courts
• Judicial Merit Selection Commission
• Juvenile Justice - SC Department of

• Labor, Licensing and Regulation - SC Department of
  –  Professional and Occupational Licensing Boards
  
• Land Surveyors - Board of Registration for Professional
• Law Enforcement Division - SLED
  –  Sex Offender Registry - child molesters
  
• Legislative Audit Council
• Legislative Council
• Legislative Publications
• Legislature - General Assembly
• Library - SC State
• Lieutenant Governor's Office
  
• Litter - Governor's Task Force on - Palmetto Pride
• Local Government - Office of
• Long Term Health Care Administrators - Board of
• Lottery Commission

• Manufactured Housing Board
• Massage/Bodywork Therapy
• Materials Management Office - MMO - Purchasing
• Medical Examiners - Board of
• Mental Health - SC Department of
• Military Department - South Carolina National Guard
• Minority Affairs - Commission for
• Motor Vehicles - Division of - DMV
  –  Office locations by county - scroll down
  
• Museum - SC State

• National Guard - South Carolina
• Natural Resources - SC Department of - DNR
  –  Climatology Office
  –  Geological Conditions
  
• Nursing - Board of

• Occupational Safety & Health - Office of - OSHA
• Occupational Therapy - Board of
• Ocean and Coastal Resource Management - OCRM
• Ombudsman - helps citizens - 803-734-0457
• Ombudsman - helps crime victims - 803-734-0357
• Opticianry - Board of Examiners in
• Optometry - Board of Examiners in
• OSHA - Office of Occupational Safety and Health
  –  Voluntary Programs - Office of
  

• Palmetto Payback Program - unclaimed property, Office of the Treasurer
  
• Palmetto Pride - Governor's Task Force on Litter
• Parks, Recreation and Tourism - SC Department of - PRT
  
• Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum - USS Yorktown, USS Laffey
  
• Perpetual Care Cemetery - Board of
• Pharmacy - Board of
• Physical Therapy - Board of
• Pilotage Commission
• Podiatry Examiners - Board of
• Ports Authority - SCSPA
• Printing Services
• Prisons - 29 institutions with addresses & phone numbers
  –  Prison Industries
  
• Probation, Parole and Pardon Services - SC Department of
• Procurement Information Center
• Prosecution Coordination - Commission on
• Psycho-Educational Specialists - Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional
  
• Psychology - Board of Examiners in
• Public Safety - SC Department of
  –  Highway Patrol - State Troopers
  –  State Transport Police
  –  Division of Motor Vehicles - DMV
  –  DMV offices - by county
  
• Public Service Commission - PSC
• Pyrotechnic Safety - Board of

• Railways - Division of Public
• Real Estate Appraisers Board
• Real Estate Commission
• Real Property Services
• Regulatory Staff - Office of - ORS
• Research and Statistics - Office of
• Research Authority - South Carolina
• Residential Builders Commission
• Retirement Systems
  –  Teacher and Employee Retention Program - TERI
  
• Revenue - SC Department of - DOR
• Rural Development Council

• Santee Cooper - South Carolina Public Service Authority
  
• Sea Grant Consortium
• Secretary of State
• Securities Division
• Senate - South Carolina
• Small and Minority Business Assistance - Office of
• Social Services - SC Department of - DSS
  –  County offices
  –  Child Support Enforcement
  
• Social Work Examiners - Board of
  –  Sex Offenders Registry - child molesters
  
• Solicitors
• South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
• South Carolina Military Department - SC National Guard
  –  South Carolina Air National Guard
  
• South Carolina Research Authority - SCRA
• South Carolina State Guard
• Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology - Board of Examiners in
  
• State Accident Fund - for workers' compensation
• State Auditor - Office of the
• State Election Commission
• State Ethics Commission
• State Fire Marshall
• State Historical Records - Advisory Board
• State Law Enforcement Division - SLED
• State Library
• State Museum
• State Parks
  –  Search availability at all parks
  
• State Ports Authority - SCSPA
• Supreme Court - South Carolina
• Surplus Property Office

• Technical College System - SC State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education - SBTCE
  –  Technical colleges
  
• Therapists - Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional
  
• Tourism Expenditure Review Committee
• Transportation - SC Department of - SCDOT
• Treasurer - Office of the State

• Universities, colleges

• Veterans Affairs - Office of
• Veterinary Medical Examiners - Board of
• Victim Assistance - Office of
• Vital Records - Division of - birth, death, marriage records
• Vocational Rehabilitation SC Department of
  –  Area offices, work training centers
  

• Wages and Child Labor - Office of
• Web Accessibility
• Women - Governor's Commission on
• Workers' Compensation Commission
  –  Second Injury Fund