S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-95.101
For the purpose of these Regulations, the following definitions shall apply:
"Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.
"Medicaid nursing home permit" means a permit issued in accordance with these regulations.
"Medicaid-participating nursing home bed" means those nursing home beds certified for Medicaid (Title XIX) reimbursement, for which the nursing home has a Certificate of Need or grandfathered exemption for Title XIX participation.
"Medicaid patient" means a person who is eligible for Medicaid (Title XIX) sponsored long-term care services.
"Medicaid patient day" means a day of nursing home care for which a nursing home receives Medicaid reimbursement.
The "Medical Facilities Plan" contains projections of nursing home bed need and sets priorities for the allocation of Medicaid beds; it is published annually by the Department and approved by the Board of Health and Environmental Control.
"Nursing home" means a facility with an organized nursing staff to maintain and operate organized facilities and services to accommodate two or more unrelated persons over a period exceeding twenty-four hours, which is operated either in connection with a hospital or as a freestanding facility for the express or implied purpose of providing intermediate or skilled nursing care for persons who are not in need of hospital care.
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-95.101