(A) The department, in accordance with the laws of the State governing injunctions and other processes, may maintain an action in the name of the State against a person for establishing, conducting, managing, or operating a day program for the care, training, and treatment of a person with intellectual disability, a related disability, head injury, or spinal cord injury without obtaining a license as provided in this article. In charging a defendant in a complaint in the action, it is sufficient to charge that the defendant, upon a certain day and in a certain county, provided day program services without a license, without averring more particular facts concerning the charge.
(B) A person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars for a first offense and two thousand dollars for a subsequent offense. Each day the day program operates after a first conviction is considered a subsequent offense.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 496, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1078; 2011 Act No. 47, Section 2, eff June 7, 2011.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 44-20-10. Short title.
Section 44-20-20. Purpose of chapter.
Section 44-20-30. Definitions.
Section 44-20-230. Powers and duties of director.
Section 44-20-240. Creation of Department of Disabilities and Special Needs; divisions.
Section 44-20-250. Powers and duties of Department.
Section 44-20-260. Research programs.
Section 44-20-270. Administration of federal funds.
Section 44-20-280. Contracts for expansion of service.
Section 44-20-290. Security guards; powers; bonds.
Section 44-20-300. Motor vehicle liability insurance for employees of department.
Section 44-20-310. Sale of timber from forest lands; disposition of funds.
Section 44-20-320. Acceptance of gifts, etc. by department; policies and regulations.
Section 44-20-330. Granting of easements, permits, or rights-of-way by department.
Section 44-20-340. Records and reports pertaining to client; confidentiality of information; waiver.
Section 44-20-365. Closing regional centers to be authorized by law.
Section 44-20-375. County boards of disabilities and special needs; establishment; recognition.
Section 44-20-378. Composition of board; tenure.
Section 44-20-380. Funds for county boards of disabilities and special needs.
Section 44-20-385. Additional powers and duties of county boards of disabilities and special needs.
Section 44-20-410. Requirement for admission to services.
Section 44-20-420. Designation of service or program in which client is placed.
Section 44-20-430. Final authority over applicant eligibility.
Section 44-20-480. Placement of client out of home; payment for services.
Section 44-20-500. Order of confinement for client.
Section 44-20-510. Attendance of client in community based public school classes.
Section 44-20-710. Licensing of facilities and programs.
Section 44-20-720. Minimum standards of operation and license programs.
Section 44-20-730. Criteria for issuance of license.
Section 44-20-760. Disclosure of inspections; protection of names of clients.
Section 44-20-770. Denial, suspension, or revocation of license; grounds.
Section 44-20-790. Promulgation of regulations governing hearings.
Section 44-20-800. Appeal of decision concerning deficiencies and licenses.
Section 44-20-900. Injunctions; sufficiency of complaint; fines and penalties.
Section 44-20-1120. Raising of money for construction of improvements.
Section 44-20-1130. Limitation on amount of state capital improvement bonds.
Section 44-20-1140. Improvements for residential regional center or community facility; application.
Section 44-20-1150. Powers and duties concerning application for improvements.
Section 44-20-1160. Use of monies derived from revenues.
Section 44-20-1170. Special funds; disposition of revenues; withdrawal of funds.