South Carolina Statutes
§ 44-20-710 — Licensing of facilities and programs.
South Carolina § 44-20-710
JurisdictionSouth Carolina
Title 44HEALTH
Ch. 20SOUTH CAROLINA INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, RELATED DISABILITIES, HEAD INJURIES, AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES ACT
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-20-710 (2026).
Text
No day program in part or in full for the care, training, or treatment of a person with intellectual disability, a related disability, head injury, or spinal cord injury may deliver services unless a license first is obtained from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. For the purpose of this article "in part" means a program operating for ten hours a week or more. Educational and training services offered under the sponsorship and direction of school districts and other state agencies are not required to be licensed under this article.
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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
Short title.§ 44-20-1110
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
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Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 44-20-710, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/44-20-710.