S.C. Code Regs. § § 73-200

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 73-200 - Definitions

Whenever used in these regulations, unless expressly stated otherwise, or unless the context or subject matter requires a different meaning, the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereafter set forth or indicated:

A. "CJICS" means the Criminal Justice Information and Communications System which is comprised of the Criminal Records Repository, the Uniform Crime Reporting Department, the Data Processing Center and the Statewide Telecommunications Network. It is managed and maintained by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for the express purpose of exchanging timely, accurate and complete information between law enforcement and criminal justice entities.

B. "In-State Offender" means any person, regardless of age, who has been convicted in this State of any offense authorized by state law to be included in the Registry.

C. "Out-of-State Offender" means any person, regardless of age, who has been convicted in another state of any offense which can be reasonably interpreted as corresponding to those provided for in the South Carolina Code of Laws.

D. "Pre-Registration" means the completion of an automated form designed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division by either the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services which includes vital information to expeditiously notify the sheriff of the county in which the convicted sex offender will reside.

E. "Registration" means the act, by an offender, of reporting to the sheriff's office of the county in which he/she will reside in order to provide all information as required by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

F. "Registry" means the system described in these regulations consisting of both automated information maintained within the Criminal Justice Information and Communications System by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and any documents and related information maintained by local sheriffs' offices.

G. "EPSO" means the entry screen used to include information relative to a convicted sex offender being pre-registered in the automated Sex Offender Registry.

H. "ERSO" means the entry screen used exclusively by a sheriff to register a convicted sex offender in the Sex Offender Registry.

I. "SCSO" means the entry screen used when a convicted sex offender who has already been entered into the Registry, changes county of residence. The use of this screen will place the offender in an inactive status in the county he/she is leaving.

J. "Resident" means any person remaining in South Carolina for a period of twenty-eight (28) consecutive days. This will include any person having either permanent or temporary lodging, engaged in any activity, including, but not limited to, earning a salary, attending school or college, recreation, visitation and the like.

K. "Screen" means any computer data entry screen designed to capture, transmit, modify or store information required for the operation of the Registry.

L. "SLED" means the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

S.C. Code Regs. § 73-200

Added by State Register Volume 20, Issue No. 7, eff July 26, 1996.