§ 44-9-30 — Authority of department director.

South Carolina § 44-9-30

• Jurisdiction: South Carolina
• Title 44: HEALTH
• Ch. 9: OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH

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The Director of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities shall determine policies and promulgate regulations governing the operation of the Office of Mental Health and the employment of professional and staff personnel.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 32-919; 1964 (53) 2078; 1967 (55) 699; 1991 Act No. 33, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1071; 2012 Act No. 222, SECTION 12, eff June 7, 2012; 2025 Act No. 3 (S.2), SECTION 14, eff April 28, 2025. 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. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 222, SECTION 15, provides as follows: "SECTION 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member on it as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires." Effect of Amendment 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 14, rewrote the section.