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SC Code § 44-24-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-160. Examination and review of child admitted to inpatient program; program of care and treatment.

 A child admitted to an inpatient treatment program must be examined by a member of the professional staff of the program promptly after his admission and must be reviewed by the treatment team within seven days after admission. Promptly after the treatment team review, a formal program of care and treatment designed to meet the needs of the child must be instigated. Results of all examinations and an outline of the child's treatment program must be entered in his clinical record. Unless the child or his legal guardian consents in writing, no treatment may be given which is not recognized as standard mental health treatment.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-170. Right to reexamination; notice of right; proceedings upon petition for reexamination.

 (A) A child is entitled to have a reexamination on his own petition or that of another interested person to the court of the county from which he was admitted. The treatment program must inform every child and the child's guardian of the right to petition for reexamination. The notice must be given in writing upon admission to the program and once during the first month of treatment and six months thereafter during the treatment of the child in age appropriate language and in writing.  (B) Upon receipt of the petition the court shall conduct proceedings in accordance with applicable provisions of Sections 44-24-90 through 44-24-140. The proceedings are not required if the petition is filed sooner than six months after the issuance of the order for treatment or sooner than six months after the holding of a hearing pursuant to this section. The costs must be borne by the State.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 30, Section 10.
SC Code § 44-24-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-180. Court review of case of child involuntarily admitted.

 (A) A child in need of treatment admitted involuntarily to a mental health service which removes him from home, must have his case reviewed by the court within twenty days of admission and every six months. If the review determines the child is no longer in need of mental health services or alternative services, he must be discharged immediately.  (B) A child in need of treatment admitted involuntarily to a mental health service where he remains at home, must have the case reviewed sixty days after admission and every six months. If the review determines the child is no longer in need of mental health services or in need of alternative services, the child must be discharged immediately, or, if necessary, the court shall request the mental health center in which the child is being treated to refer the child to the proper alternative services for the child.  (C) The treatment team may petition the court for review after the initial review.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-190. Notification to court when child moved to different program; court approval for move to more restrictive program; placement in crisis stabilization.

 (A) No child who has been admitted involuntarily to a treatment facility or program may be moved from a less restrictive program to a more restrictive program without court approval. Court approval is not mandatory for moves from more restrictive to less restrictive programs. The court must be notified within twenty-four hours when a child is moved from one program to another.  (B) A child who has been admitted involuntarily to a treatment facility or program may be placed in community crisis stabilization without court approval for not more than five days. The head of the facility in which the child is placed shall inform the court within three days of placement. Court approval is mandatory to extend the period of crisis stabilization beyond the five days and for each successive five- day extension.  (C) If the child has not been returned to an appropriate treatment program or facility within ten days of being placed in crisis stabilization, the court shall hold a review hearing within fifteen days of the crisis stabilization placement to determine and order the appropriate program for the child.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-200. Unauthorized absence of child from facility or residential program.

 (A) If a child committed to an inpatient facility or a residential treatment program is absent without proper authorization, the facility or program director immediately shall notify the appropriate state and local law enforcement officials and the parent or legal guardian of the absence by telephone. The notice also must be confirmed in writing and mailed to the law enforcement officials, parent, or legal guardian within twenty-four hours after the absence is discovered.  (B) A law enforcement officer, upon the request of the facility director or his designee and without necessity of a warrant or a court order, may take the child into custody and return him to the program or facility.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-210. Unlawful to remove child from inpatient facility or residential program without authorization.

 It is unlawful for a person, without prior authorization from the child's attending physician or his designee, to take a child away or cause him to be taken away from the grounds of an inpatient facility or residential treatment program. A person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-220. Requirement of discharge planning and continuity of service in community.

 No child may be discharged by the department or private hospital without appropriate discharge planning. A member of the child's treatment team shall coordinate in advance with the child's parent or legal guardian as well as other service providers to ensure continuity in service for the child in the community.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-230. Provision of community-based treatment as alternative to hospitalization.

 In order to provide community-based treatment as an alternative to hospitalization, the department shall provide or cause to be provided a range of mental health programs for children in each mental health center recognized by the State. Based on available resources and to the extent funds are made available to the department by the General Assembly, the programs must include, but are not limited to:  (1) twenty-four hour emergency assessment;  (2) crisis stabilization;  (3) in-home intervention;  (4) therapeutic foster care;  (5) outpatient counseling, diagnostic evaluation, including psychological testing when required, and psychiatric assessment and evaluation;  (6) consultation with other agencies serving the child.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-240. Agencies to participate in planning and provision of services; exchange of records.

 Agencies providing services to children or holding legal custody of children are accountable within their legislative mandate to participate in the planning and service provision to a child determined to be in need of treatment. Agencies shall exchange and share records of services to the child and the child's background.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 30, Section 11.
SC Code § 44-24-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-250. Consultation with parent or guardian; participation in or cooperation with treatment.

 A parent or guardian of a child admitted to a treatment program or facility is entitled and expected to confer at reasonable intervals with the treating physician, psychologist, or other members of the treatment team concerning the child's condition, treatment, or diagnosis. The treatment facility may request that the parent or guardian of a child hospitalized or treated must be available for consultation and cooperation in connection with the treatment process. The treatment facility may request that the court, as part of the relief ordered in the commitment proceedings, order the guardian or parents to cooperate with the treatment process if they have been party to the action.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-260. Child's right to communicate, consult, or visit with agency or person having custody, with counsel, or with private mental health service provider.

 A child who is a patient of a treatment facility at all reasonable times may:  (1) communicate and consult with the agency or individual having legal custody of him;  (2) communicate, consult, and visit with legal counsel and private mental health service providers of his parent's or guardian's choice at his own expense. With the consent of the child, and upon request, legal counsel must be provided with copies of the child's treatment records.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-270. Personal, civil, and property rights of child in treatment program.

 (A) A child who is a patient of a treatment program has the right to:  (1) receive special education and vocational training in addition to other forms of treatment from the State Department of Education as required by law;  (2) participate in play, recreation, physical exercise, and outdoor activity on a regular basis, in accordance with his needs;  (3) keep and use his own clothing and personal possessions under appropriate supervision;  (4) participate in religious worship;  (5) receive assistance as needed in sending and receiving correspondence and in making telephone calls at his own expense;  (6) receive visitors, under appropriate supervision;  (7) have access to individual storage space for his own use.  (B) No right enumerated in subsection (A) may be restricted without a written statement in the child's treatment record by a member of the child's treatment team. This statement must indicate the detailed reason for the restrictions. A written restriction is effective for not more than sixty days and may be renewed only by the child's attending physician. Reason for renewal must be entered in the child's treatment records. Renewed restrictions may not exceed thirty days.  (C) Except as otherwise provided by law, no child may be denied the right to:  (1) hold a driver's license;  (2) marry or divorce.  (D) Unless adjudicated incompetent, no child may be denied any other rights specified by law.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-24-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment|Section 44-24-280. Use of restraint, seclusion, or physical coercion; corporal punishment prohibited.

 No child may be subjected to mechanical or chemical restraints, seclusion, or another form of physical coercion or restraint unless the action is authorized by a physician as being required to prevent a child from taking actions which are dangerous to himself or to others or prevent an imminent and substantial disruption of the therapeutic setting of the facility. The authorization for the action must be entered in the child's record within one hour of the action. The authorizations are not valid for more than eight hours unless approved by the facility director or his designee. No child in an inpatient treatment facility of the department may be subjected to corporal punishment.  HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
SC Code § 44-25-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 25 - Interstate Compact On Mental Health|Section 44-25-10. Compact enacted into law.

 The Interstate Compact on Mental Health as set out in Section 44-25-20 is enacted into law and entered into by this State with all other states legally joining therein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1051; 1959 (51) 325.
SC Code § 44-25-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 25 - Interstate Compact On Mental Health|Section 44-25-30. Director of Mental Health and Director of Disabilities and Special Needs shall be compact administrators.

 Pursuant to the compact, the State Directors of the Departments of Mental Health and Disabilities and Special Needs shall be the compact administrators for the mentally ill and persons with intellectual disability, or those with a related disability, respectively, and, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact administrators shall cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this State and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact and any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this State and thereunder.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1053; 1959 (51) 325; 1969 (56) 631; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1087.
SC Code § 44-25-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 25 - Interstate Compact On Mental Health|Section 44-25-40. Supplementary agreements with other states.

 The compact administrator may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this State or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this State, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction such institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1054; 1959 (51) 325.
SC Code § 44-25-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 25 - Interstate Compact On Mental Health|Section 44-25-50. Family of proposed transferee shall be consulted; probate court shall approve transfer out of State.

 The compact administrator shall consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this State to an institution in another party state, shall take no final action without approval of the probate court having jurisdiction of such transferee. Provided, that no person, a legal resident of this State, shall be transferred to another state without written consent of at least one of the following: His or her adult next of kin, committee, custodian or legal guardian; provided, further, that if there is no adult next of kin, committee, custodian or legal guardian, the compact administrator is authorized to initiate transfer proceedings.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1055; 1959 (51) 325; 1964 (53) 1875.
SC Code § 44-25-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 25 - Interstate Compact On Mental Health|Section 44-25-60. Payment of obligations.

 The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this State by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1056; 1959 (51) 325.
SC Code § 44-26-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 26 - Rights Of Clients With Intellectual Disability|Section 44-26-20. Right to writ of habeas corpus.

 Clients have the right to a writ of habeas corpus.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011.
SC Code § 44-26-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 26 - Rights Of Clients With Intellectual Disability|Section 44-26-30. Right to representation by counsel.

 A person with intellectual disability has the right to be represented by counsel when involuntarily committed to the department pursuant to Section 44-20-450.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011.
SC Code § 44-26-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 26 - Rights Of Clients With Intellectual Disability|Section 44-26-40. Determination of competency to consent to or refuse major medical treatment.

 If a client resides in a facility operated by or contracted to by the department, the determination of that client's competency to consent to or refuse major medical treatment must be made pursuant to Section 44-66-20 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act. The department shall abide by the decision of a client found competent to consent.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011; 2019 Act No. 85 (H.3602), Section 2, eff May 24, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 85, Section 2, in the first sentence, substituted "Section 44-66-20" for "Section 44-66-20(6)".
SC Code § 44-26-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 26 - Rights Of Clients With Intellectual Disability|Section 44-26-50. Health care decisions of client found incompetent to consent to or refuse major medical treatment.

 If the client is found incompetent to consent to or refuse major medical treatment, the decisions concerning his health care must be made pursuant to Section 44-66-30 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act. An authorized designee of the department may make a health care decision pursuant to Section 44-66-30(A)(9) of the Adult Health Care Consent Act. The person making the decision must be informed of the need for major medical treatment, alternative treatments, and the nature and implications of the proposed health care and shall consult the attending physician before making decisions. When feasible, the person making the decision shall observe or consult with the client found to be incompetent.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011; 2019 Act No. 85 (H.3602), Section 3, eff May 24, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 85, Section 3, in the second sentence, substituted "Section 44-66-30(A)(9)" for "Section 44-66-30(8)".
SC Code § 44-26-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 26 - Rights Of Clients With Intellectual Disability|Section 44-26-60. Health care decisions of minor clients.

 (A) If the client is a minor, the decisions concerning his health care must be made by the following persons in the following order of priority:  (1) legal guardian;  (2) parent;  (3) grandparent or adult sibling;  (4) other relative by blood or marriage who reasonably is believed by the health care professional to have a close personal relationship with the client;  (5) other person who reasonably is believed by the health care professional to have a close personal relationship with the client;  (6) authorized designee of the department.  (B) If persons of equal priority disagree on whether certain health care must be provided to a client who is a minor, a person authorized in subsection (A), a health care provider involved in the care of the client, or another person interested in the welfare of the client may petition the probate court for an order determining what care is to be provided or for appointment of a temporary or permanent guardian.  (C) Priority under this section must not be given to a person if a health care provider, responsible for the care of a client who is unable to consent, determines that the person is not reasonably available, is not willing to make health care decisions for the client, or is unable to consent as defined in Section 44-66-20 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act.  (D) In an emergency health care may be provided without consent pursuant to Section 44-66-40 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act to a person found incompetent to consent to or refuse major medical treatment or who is incapacitated solely by virtue of minority.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011; 2019 Act No. 85 (H.3602), Section 4, eff May 24, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 85, Section 4, in (C), substituted "Section 44-66-20" for "Section 44-66-20(6)".
SC Code § 44-26-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 44 - Health|Chapter 26 - Rights Of Clients With Intellectual Disability|Section 44-26-70. Human rights committees.

 (A) Human rights committees must be established for each regional center and for each county/multicounty program to:  (1) review and advise the regional center or the county/multicounty board on the policies pertaining to clients' rights policies;  (2) hear and make recommendations to the regional center or county/multicounty board on research proposals which involve individuals receiving services as research participants pursuant to Section 44-20-260;  (3) review and advise the regional center or county/multicounty board on program plans for behavior management which may restrict personal freedoms or rights of clients;  (4) advise the regional center or county/multicounty board on other matters as requested pertaining to the rights of clients.  (B) Human rights committees must be appointed by the director or his designee. Each committee consists of not less than the following five persons, except employees or former employees of the regional center or county/multicounty board must not be appointed:  (1) a family member of a person with intellectual disability or a related disability;  (2) a client of the department, if appropriate;  (3) a representative of the community at large with expertise or a demonstrated interest in the care and treatment of persons with intellectual disability or related disabilities.  (C) The department shall establish policy and procedures for the operations of the committees.  (D) Members of the committees serve in an advisory capacity only and are exempt from liability.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 31, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1089; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 6, eff June 7, 2011.