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S.C. Code Ann. tit. 44, ch. 24 – Commitment of Children in Need of Mental Health Treatment | Midpage
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South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44
Chapter 24
S.C. Code Ann. tit. 44, ch. 24
Commitment of Children in Need of Mental Health Treatment
44-24-10
Definitions
44-24-20
Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem
44-24-30
Admission of child sixteen or older as inpatient; determination of voluntariness; appointment of guardian ad litem
44-24-40
Discharge of voluntarily admitted child; grounds for not effecting discharge
44-24-50
Periodic notification to voluntarily admitted child and parent or guardian of right to release
44-24-60
Emergency admission of child to inpatient hospital
44-24-70
Taking custody of child needing emergency admission
44-24-80
Transportation of child to hospital; parent's or guardian's request to accompany child
44-24-90
Notification to child and guardian of petition; contents of petition; right to counsel; examination and conclusions
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
44-24-200
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
44-24-230
Provision of community-based treatment as alternative to hospitalization
44-24-240
Agencies to participate in planning and provision of services; exchange of records
44-24-250
Consultation with parent or guardian; participation in or cooperation with treatment
44-24-260
Child's right to communicate, consult, or visit with agency or person having custody, with counsel, or with private mental health service provider
44-24-270
Personal, civil, and property rights of child in treatment program
44-24-280
Use of restraint, seclusion, or physical coercion; corporal punishment prohibited