South Carolina Statutes
§ 44-52-200 — Authority of State Department of Mental Health.
South Carolina § 44-52-200
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-52-200 (2026).
Text
The Office of Mental Health may prescribe the form of applications, reports, records, and medical certificates provided for under this chapter, and the information required to be contained; require reports from the head of any treatment facility relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient; visit each facility regularly; review the admission procedures of all new patients admitted between visits; provide care and treatment for involuntary admissions of chemically dependent persons; investigate by personal visit complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient; and adopt regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter which it finds to be reasonably necessary for proper and efficient hospitalization and care o
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 487, SECTION 2. 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.
Nearby Sections
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§ 44-52-10
Definitions.§ 44-52-120
Involuntary commitment; period of treatment.§ 44-52-130
Transfer of patient.§ 44-52-150
Reconfinement of involuntarily committed patient who has left treatment facility without permission.§ 44-52-20
Voluntary admission.§ 44-52-30
Discharge of voluntary patient.§ 44-52-40
Release of voluntary patient.§ 44-52-5
Statement of policy.§ 44-52-50
Procedure for emergency admission.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 44-52-200, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/52/44-52-200.