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SC Code § 62-5-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-510. Immunity from liability.

 (a) A person who relies in good faith upon a person's representation that he is the person named as agent in a health care power of attorney is not subject to civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action for recognizing the agent's authority.  (b) A health care provider or nursing care provider who in good faith relies on a health care decision made by an agent or successor agent is not subject to civil or criminal liability or disciplinary action on account of relying on the decision.  (c) An agent who in good faith makes a health care decision pursuant to a health care power of attorney is not subject to civil or criminal liability on account of the substance of the decision.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-511 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-511. Appointment of successor agents.

 (a) The principal may appoint one or more successor agents in the health care power of attorney in the event an agent dies, becomes legally disabled, resigns, refuses to act, is unavailable, or, if the agent is the spouse of the principal, becomes divorced or separated from the principal. A successor agent will succeed to all duties and powers given to the agent in the health care power of attorney.  (b) If no agent or successor agent is available, willing, and qualified to make a decision concerning the principal's health care, the decision must be made according to the provisions of and by the person authorized by the Adult Health Care Consent Act.  (c) All directives, statements of personal values, or statements of intent made by the principal in the health care power of attorney must be treated as exercises of the principal's right to direct the course of his health care. Decisions concerning the principal's health care made by a guardian, by the probate court, or by a surrogate pursuant to the Adult Health Care Consent Act, must be made in accordance with the directions stated in the health care power of attorney.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-512 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-512. Revocation of health care power of attorney.

 (a) A health care power of attorney may be revoked in the following ways:  (1) by a writing, an oral statement, or any other act constituting notification by the principal to the agent or to a health care provider responsible for the principal's care of the principal's specific intent to revoke the health care power of attorney; or  (2) by the principal's execution of a subsequent health care power of attorney or the principal's execution of a subsequent durable power of attorney pursuant to Article 8, Title 62, if the durable power of attorney states an intention that the health care power of attorney be revoked or if the durable power of attorney is inconsistent with the health care power of attorney.  (b) A health care provider who is informed of or provided with a revocation of a health care power of attorney immediately must record the revocation in the principal's medical record and notify the agent, the attending physician, and all other health care providers or nursing care providers who are responsible for the principal's care.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-513 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-513. Execution of health care power of attorney; signing requirement; mercy killing not approved; absence of health care power of attorney.

 (a) The execution and effectuation of a health care power of attorney does not constitute suicide for any purpose.  (b) A person may not be required to sign a health care power of attorney in accordance with this section as a condition for coverage under an insurance contract or for receiving medical treatment or as a condition of admission to a health care or nursing care facility.  (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize or approve mercy killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.  (d) The absence of a health care power of attorney by an adult patient does not give rise to a presumption of his intent to consent to or refuse death prolonging procedures. Nothing in this section impairs other legal rights or legal responsibilities which a person may have to effect the provision or the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in a lawful manner.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-514 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-514. Criminal liability.

 If a person coerces or fraudulently induces another person to execute a health care power of attorney, falsifies or forges a health care power of attorney, or wilfully conceals, cancels, obliterates, or destroys a revocation of a health care power of attorney, and the principal dies as a result of the withdrawal or withholding of treatment pursuant to the health care power of attorney, that person is subject to prosecution in accordance with the criminal laws of this State.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-515 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-515. Informing another person regarding this part not prohibited.

 Nothing in this part prohibits a person from informing another person of the existence of this part, delivering to another person a copy of this part or a form for a health care power of attorney, or counseling another person in good faith concerning the execution of a health care power of attorney.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-516 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-516. Civil liability.

 (a) If a person wilfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages a health care power of attorney without the principal's consent, or falsifies or forges a revocation of a health care power of attorney, or otherwise prevents the implementation of the principal's wishes as stated in a health care power of attorney, that person breaches a duty owed to the principal and is responsible for payment of any expenses or other damages incurred as a result of the wrongful act.  (b) A physician or health care facility electing for any reason not to follow an agent's instruction that life-sustaining procedures be withheld or withdrawn as authorized in the health care power of attorney shall make a reasonable effort to locate a physician or health care facility that will follow the instruction and has a duty to transfer the patient to that physician or facility. If a nurse or other employee of a health care provider or nursing care provider gives notice that the employee does not wish to participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures as directed by an agent, a reasonable effort shall be made by the physician and the health care provider or nursing care provider to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures without the participation of the employee.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-517 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-517. Document or writing deemed to comply with requirements of this part.

 (a) A document or writing containing the following provisions is deemed to comply with the requirements of this part:  (1) the name and address of the person who meets the requirements of Section 62-5-503 and is authorized to make health care related decisions if the principal becomes mentally incompetent;  (2) the types of health care related decisions that the health care agent is authorized to make;  (3) the signature of the principal;  (4) the signature of at least two persons who witnessed the principal's signature and who meet the requirements of Section 62-5-503; and  (5) the attestation of a notary public.  (b) Additionally, a document that meets the above requirements and also provides expressions of the principal's intentions or wishes with respect to the following health care issues authorizes the health care agent to act in accordance with these provisions:  (1) organ donations;  (2) life-sustaining treatment;  (3) tube feeding;  (4) other kinds of medical treatment that the principal wishes to have or not to have;  (5) comfort and treatment issues;  (6) provisions for interment or disposal of the body after death; and  (7) any written statements that the principal may wish to have communicated on his behalf.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-518 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-518. Validity of a durable power of attorney.

 The validity of a durable power of attorney that authorizes an attorney to make health care decisions regarding the principal which is properly executed pursuant to this part before or after the effective date of this act is not affected by the amendments contained in this act.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 306, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 172, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 365, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 303, Sections 2, 3, eff June 11, 2008; 2010 Act No. 244, Section 41, eff June 7, 2010; formerly 1976 Code Section 62-5-504; 2016 Act No. 279, Section 2, eff January 1, 2017.
SC Code § 62-5-700 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-700. Short title.

 This act may be cited as the "South Carolina Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act".  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, reenacted this section with no apparent change.
SC Code § 62-5-701 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-701. Exclusive jurisdiction.

 Notwithstanding another provision of law, this part provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of this State to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an adult.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, reenacted this section with no apparent change.
SC Code § 62-5-702 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-702. Definitions.

 In addition to the terms defined in Part 1, Article 5, Title 62, the following terms, as used in the part, apply:  (1) "Court" means a probate court in this State or a court in another state with the same jurisdiction as a probate court in this State.  (2) "Guardianship order" means an order appointing a guardian.  (3) "Home state" means the state in which the alleged incapacitated individual was physically present, including a period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian or protective order; or if none, the state in which the alleged incapacitated individual was physically present, including a period of temporary absence, for at least six consecutive months ending with the six months prior to the filing of the petition.  (4) "Significant-connection state" means a state, other than the home state, with which an alleged incapacitated individual has a significant connection other than mere physical presence and in which substantial evidence concerning the alleged incapacitated individual is available. In determining, pursuant to Sections 62-5-707 and 62-5-714, whether an alleged incapacitated individual has a significant connection with a particular state, the court shall consider the:  (a) location of the alleged incapacitated individual's family and other persons required to be notified of the guardianship or protective proceeding;  (b) length of time the alleged incapacitated individual at any time was physically present in the state and the duration of any absence;  (c) location of the alleged incapacitated individual's property; and  (d) extent to which the alleged incapacitated individual has ties to the state such as voting registration, state or local tax return filing, vehicle registration, driver's license, social relationship, and receipt of services.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.
SC Code § 62-5-703 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-703. Treatment of foreign countries.

 The court may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this part.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, reenacted this section with no apparent change.
SC Code § 62-5-704 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-704. Court communication with court in another state; record required; exceptions; participation of parties.

 (A) The court may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising pursuant to this article. The court shall allow the parties to participate in a discussion between courts on the merits of a proceeding. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (B), the court shall make a record of the communication. When a discussion on the merits of a proceeding between courts is held, the record must show that the parties were given an opportunity to participate, must summarize the issues discussed, and must list the participants to the discussion. In all other matters except as provided in subsection (B), the record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.  (B) Courts may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records, and other administrative matters without making a record. A court may allow the parties to a proceeding to participate in any communications held pursuant to this subsection.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, reenacted this section with no apparent change.
SC Code § 62-5-705 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-705. Requests to court of another state; requests from court of another state.

 (A) In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this State, the court may request the appropriate court of another state to do any of the following:  (1) hold an evidentiary hearing;  (2) order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state;  (3) order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the alleged incapacitated individual;  (4) order an appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding;  (5) forward to the court a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing pursuant to item (1) or another proceeding, evidence otherwise produced pursuant to item (2), and an evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order pursuant to item (3) or (4);  (6) issue an order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the alleged incapacitated individual or the ward or protected person; and  (7) issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in that state, including protected health information as defined in 45 C.F.R. Section 164.504.  (B) If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection (A), the court has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, in (A)(3) and (A)(6), substituted "alleged incapacitated individual" for "respondent", and in (A)(6), substituted "or the ward" for "or the incapacitated".
SC Code § 62-5-706 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-706. Testimony of witness located in another state.

 (A) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this State for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken.  (B) In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this State may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. The court shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.  (C) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this State by technological means that does not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, in (C), substituted "that does not" for "that do not".
SC Code § 62-5-707 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 62 - South Carolina Probate Code|Article 5 - Protection Of Persons Under Disability And Their Property|Section 62-5-707. Jurisdiction of court.

 The court has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an alleged incapacitated individual if:  (A) this State is the alleged incapacitated individual's home state;  (B) on the date the petition is filed, this State is a significant-connection state; and  (1) the alleged incapacitated individual does not have a home state or a court of the alleged incapacitated individual's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this State is a more appropriate forum; or  (2) the alleged incapacitated individual has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state and, before the court makes the appointment or issues the order:  (a) a petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the alleged incapacitated individual's home state;  (b) an objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and  (c) the court concludes that it is an appropriate forum pursuant to the factors provided in Section 62-5-710(C);  (C) this State does not have jurisdiction pursuant to either subsections (A) or (B), the alleged incapacitated individual's home state and all significant-connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction because this State is the more appropriate forum, and jurisdiction in this State is consistent with the constitutions of this State and the United States; or  (D) the requirements for special jurisdiction pursuant to Section 62-5-708 are met.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 213, Section 1, eff January 1, 2011; 2017 Act No. 87 (S.415), Section 5.B, eff January 1, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 87, Section 5.B, substituted "alleged incapacitated individual" for "respondent" and "alleged incapacitated individual's" for "respondent's" throughout; in (C), substituted "subsections (A) or (B)" for "item (1) or (2)"; and made nonsubstantive changes.