Unless a client has been adjudicated incompetent, he must not be denied the right to:

1. (1) dispose of property, real and personal;
2. (2) execute instruments;
3. (3) make purchases;
4. (4) enter into contractual relationships;
5. (5) hold a driver's license;
6. (6) marry or divorce;

7. (7) be a qualified elector if otherwise qualified. The county board of voter registration in counties with office facilities reasonably shall assist clients who express a desire to vote to:

   1. (a) obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots;
   2. (b) comply with other requirements which are prerequisite for voting;
   3. (c) vote by absentee ballot if necessary;
8. (8) exercise rights of citizenship in the same manner as a person without intellectual disability or a related disability.

HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 366, SECTION 1; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 6, 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.