# South Carolina — Certificate of Need capital expenditure thresholds by US state — dollar thresholds by facility type, covered services, reviewing agencies, and program status

For South Carolina, con program status is limited; hospital capital threshold ($) is N/A — following 2023 Act No. 20, Certificate of Need requirements apply only to nursing homes; non-hospital capital threshold ($) is for nursing homes, in excess of an amount to be prescribed by regulation; bed change trigger is a change in the existing bed complement of a nursing home through the addition of one or more beds or change in the classification of licensure of one or more beds; repeal date is N/A, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** South Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **CON program status:** limited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Hospital capital threshold ($):** N/A — following 2023 Act No. 20, Certificate of Need requirements apply only to nursing homes _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Non-hospital capital threshold ($):** for nursing homes, in excess of an amount to be prescribed by regulation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Bed change trigger:** a change in the existing bed complement of a nursing home through the addition of one or more beds or change in the classification of licensure of one or more beds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Repeal date:** N/A _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** S.C. Code §44-7-160 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (2) a change in the existing bed complement of a nursing home through the addition of one or more beds or change in the classification of licensure of one or more beds; (3) an expenditure by or on behalf of a nursing home in excess of an amount to be prescribed by regulation which, under generally acceptable accounting principles consistently applied, is considered a capital expenditure

## Source

- https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c007.php

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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