South Carolina § 44-15-10 Establishment of local mental health programs and clinics authorized.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 44-15-10 — Establishment of local mental health programs and clinics authorized.

South Carolina § 44-15-10

Title 44HEALTH

Ch. 15LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, BOARDS, AND CENTERS

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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-15-10 (2026).

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Any county, city, town, political subdivision, or any combination thereof, of over one hundred thousand population, and upon consent of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, any city, county, town, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, with less than one hundred thousand population, may establish a community mental health services program and may establish clinics and staff them with persons specially trained in psychiatry and related fields. Such programs and clinics may be administered by a county, city, town, political subdivision or nonprofit corporation or a community mental health board established pursuant to this article.

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Any county, city, town, political subdivision, or any combination thereof, of over one hundred thousand population, and upon consent of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, any city, county, town, or political subdivision, or combination thereof, with less than one hundred thousand population, may establish a community mental health services program and may establish clinics and staff them with persons specially trained in psychiatry and related fields. Such programs and clinics may be administered by a county, city, town, political subdivision or nonprofit corporation or a community mental health board established pursuant to this article.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 32-1034.21; 1961 (52) 110. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.