Pending his removal to a State mental health facility an individual taken into custody or ordered to be admitted may be temporarily detained in his home, a licensed foster home or any other suitable facility under such reasonable conditions as the county governing body, supervisor or manager may fix, but he shall not, except because of and during an extreme emergency, be detained in a nonmedical establishment used for the detention of individuals charged with or convicted of penal offenses. The county governing body, supervisor or manager shall take such reasonable measures, including provision of medical care, as may be necessary to assure proper care of an individual temporarily detained under this section.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-1015; 1952 (47) 2042.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 13 - Admission, Detention And Removal Of Patients At State Mental Health Facilities
Section 44-13-05. Protective custody; procedures.
Section 44-13-10. Detention of individual pending removal to facility.
Section 44-13-20. Admission of resident ordered committed by foreign court.
Section 44-13-30. Removal of patient or trainee who is not a citizen of this State.
Section 44-13-40. Removal of alien patient or trainee.
Section 44-13-50. Return of patient to out-of-state mental health facility.
Section 44-13-60. Transfer of custody of infirm or harmless patient or trainee.
Section 44-13-70. Admission forms to be kept by probate judges.