South Carolina Statutes
§ 44-20-440 — Admission of client upon request of parent, spouse, lawful custodian or legal guardian, or upon request of applicant.
South Carolina·Title 44 HEALTH·Ch. 20 SOUTH CAROLINA INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, RELATED DISABILITIES, HEAD INJURIES, AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES ACT
Subject to the availability of suitable services and programs and subject to the provisions of "Requirement for Admission to Services", "Order in which Person May be Admitted", and "Final Authority over Eligibility", the office director or his designee may admit a client to the services of the office upon the written request of the parents of the person with intellectual disability, a related disability, head injury, or spinal cord injury, a parent with legal custody, spouse, lawful custodian or legal guardian, or the person with intellectual disability, a related disability, head injury, or spinal cord injury seeking to be admitted to the office's services if the person is twenty-one years of age or over and competent to make the decision. The office shall prescribe the form of the applic
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 496, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1078; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 2, eff June 7, 2011. 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.
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§ 44-20-10
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Department's authority as to state's disabilities and special needs services and programs.§ 44-20-1160
Use of monies derived from revenues.§ 44-20-20
Purpose of chapter.§ 44-20-220
Duties of Director; advisory committees.§ 44-20-230
Powers and duties of director.§ 44-20-240
Organizational structure.§ 44-20-250
Powers and duties of Department.