South Carolina Statutes
§ 44-9-160 — Construction of certain references in Code.
Wherever in the 1976 Code reference is made to the State Hospital, it shall mean a state hospital; wherever reference is made requiring the signature of the superintendent of any mental health facility, it shall mean the superintendent or his designee; and wherever reference is made to the Office Director of the Office of Mental Health, it shall mean the Office Director of the Office of Mental Health, a component office of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 32-920.4; 1964 (53) 2078; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1075. 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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