South Carolina Statutes

§ 44-24-240 — Agencies to participate in planning and provision of services; exchange of records.

South Carolina § 44-24-240

JurisdictionSouth Carolina

Title 44HEALTH

Ch. 24COMMITMENT OF CHILDREN IN NEED OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-24-240 (2026).

Text

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.

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Legislative History

HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 30, SECTION 11.

Nearby Sections

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§ 44-24-10

§ 44-24-100

Notice of hearing for emergency or judicial admission.

§ 44-24-110

Examiners' reports; disposition of child when report does not recommend judicial admission, recommends judicial admission, or is divided.

§ 44-24-120

Removal of proceedings to another county.

§ 44-24-130

Hearing; location; testimony; rules of evidence; transcript.

§ 44-24-140

Determination after presentation of evidence.

§ 44-24-150

Psychiatric evaluations of children; notification of victims.

§ 44-24-160

Examination and review of child admitted to inpatient program; program of care and treatment.

§ 44-24-170

Right to reexamination; notice of right; proceedings upon petition for reexamination.

§ 44-24-180

Court review of case of child involuntarily admitted.

§ 44-24-190

Notification to court when child moved to different program; court approval for move to more restrictive program; placement in crisis stabilization.

§ 44-24-20

Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem.

§ 44-24-200

Unauthorized absence of child from facility or residential program.

§ 44-24-210

Unlawful to remove child from inpatient facility or residential program without authorization.

§ 44-24-220

Requirement of discharge planning and continuity of service in community.

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