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BHDD OIDD directives, standards and manuals

This is the SC BHDD OIDD (Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities/Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) provider index page listing the Directives, Standards, and Manuals that govern the BHDD OIDD service delivery system.

Updated Aug 31, 2026

This page is CMI's own briefing on the topic, written by CMI. It is not the text of the regulation. Read the regulation itself in the Regulatory hub.

Overview

BHDD OIDD establishes policies and procedures for operating the BHDD OIDD service delivery system to coordinate the efforts of all participants, principally consumers, providers and BHDD OIDD. BHDD OIDD establishes policies and procedures through Directives, Standards and Manuals.

Directives

Directives have a policy emphasis and cover a broad range of topics organized numerically into the following categories:

  • 100 – General Administrative, Community Education, Legal
  • 200 – Fiscal, Internal Audit, Community Contracts
  • 300 – Engineering, Services and Supplies, IT
  • 400 – Human Resource Management
  • 500 – SCBHDD OIDD Services, STS, Advocacy, Staff Development
  • 600 – Regional Services and Programs
  • 700 – Community Services and Programs

A list of Directive titles in numerical order: Listing of BHDD OIDD Directives by Reference Number

Full text directives in alphabetical order: Current BHDD OIDD Directives

Standards

Standards generally set forth "how" a BHDD OIDD service is to be performed.

Full text standards in alphabetical order: Current BHDD OIDD Standards

Manuals

Manuals generally establish procedures to supplement policy set forth in Directives or Standards. Full text BHDD OIDD manuals are:

  • CIRS Manual (PDF)
  • Community Supports (CS) Waiver Manual
  • Consumer Personal Funds/Property Training (YouTube)
  • Early Intervention Manual
  • Finance Manual (PDF)
  • Finance Manual Forms (PDF)
  • Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Waiver Manual
  • Human Rights Committee Training Resource Manual (PDF)
  • Intellectual Disability and Related Disabilities (ID/RD) Waiver Manual
  • State-Funded Community Supports Manual
  • State-Funded Follow-Along (PDF)

External Review/Public Comment on Directives and Standards

The DSN Commission Reviews/Revises/Approves new and existing Policies, Directives and Standards. The Fiscal Year 2024 list is available by clicking below. This list may be adjusted as the Fiscal Year progresses.

Fiscal Year 2024 List of Policies/Directives/Standards for Committee Review

Policies/Directives/Standards are reviewed and revised every four (4) years. The External Review period is 15 business days.

List of full text Directives or Standards under review for external review/public comment located at:

BHDD OIDD Directives and Standards Under Review for External Review/Public Comment

If you have a recommendation for the BHDD OIDD Commission Policy Committee to review a specific Directive or Standard, please email directives@oidd.bhdd.sc.gov.

Note: The source document references numerous linked resources (e.g., "Current BHDD OIDD Directives," "Current BHDD OIDD Standards," individual manuals, and the Fiscal Year 2024 review list) as clickable links/PDFs on the original BHDD OIDD website. The underlying URLs for these specific internal resources were not present in the extracted source text, so they are reproduced here as named references only, consistent with the instruction not to invent or guess links.

General information, not legal advice. Requirements change; confirm against the official source before you act, or ask us how this applies to your organization.