(A) A child who is a patient of a treatment program has the right to:
(1) receive special education and vocational training in addition to other forms of treatment from the State Department of Education as required by law;
(2) participate in play, recreation, physical exercise, and outdoor activity on a regular basis, in accordance with his needs;
(3) keep and use his own clothing and personal possessions under appropriate supervision;
(4) participate in religious worship;
(5) receive assistance as needed in sending and receiving correspondence and in making telephone calls at his own expense;
(6) receive visitors, under appropriate supervision;
(7) have access to individual storage space for his own use.
(B) No right enumerated in subsection (A) may be restricted without a written statement in the child's treatment record by a member of the child's treatment team. This statement must indicate the detailed reason for the restrictions. A written restriction is effective for not more than sixty days and may be renewed only by the child's attending physician. Reason for renewal must be entered in the child's treatment records. Renewed restrictions may not exceed thirty days.
(C) Except as otherwise provided by law, no child may be denied the right to:
(1) hold a driver's license;
(2) marry or divorce.
(D) Unless adjudicated incompetent, no child may be denied any other rights specified by law.
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.