(A) If a child is found to be a proper subject for voluntary admission, the director of a treatment program or facility shall admit for treatment an individual who is:
(1) sixteen years of age or older and who applies for admission;
(2) under sixteen years of age if his parent or legal guardian applies for admission on his behalf.
(B) A governmental agency, acting as legal guardian, admitting a child voluntarily, shall notify the child's guardian ad litem within forty-eight hours. If a guardian ad litem has not been appointed, the agency shall petition the court for appointment within seventy-two hours.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment
Section 44-24-10. Definitions.
Section 44-24-20. Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem.
Section 44-24-40. Discharge of voluntarily admitted child; grounds for not effecting discharge.
Section 44-24-60. Emergency admission of child to inpatient hospital.
Section 44-24-70. Taking custody of child needing emergency admission.
Section 44-24-100. Notice of hearing for emergency or judicial admission.
Section 44-24-120. Removal of proceedings to another county.
Section 44-24-130. Hearing; location; testimony; rules of evidence; transcript.
Section 44-24-140. Determination after presentation of evidence.
Section 44-24-150. Psychiatric evaluations of children; notification of victims.
Section 44-24-180. Court review of case of child involuntarily admitted.
Section 44-24-200. Unauthorized absence of child from facility or residential program.
Section 44-24-220. Requirement of discharge planning and continuity of service in community.
Section 44-24-230. Provision of community-based treatment as alternative to hospitalization.
Section 44-24-270. Personal, civil, and property rights of child in treatment program.