DHEC to implement digital user-friendly death and birth certificates By Riley Bean | December 18, 2020 at 10:18 AM EST - Updated December 18 at 11:43 AM COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - Starting in the New Year, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they will launch a fully web-based system to generate more intuitive birth and death certificates. DHEC’s Office of Vital Statistics in charge of the project and they say the system has undergone a multi-level software overhaul to strengthen security and enhance the overall user experience. These changes will impact the appearance of birth and death certifications to make it easier to locate pertinent information, officials say.