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Section 44-22-10. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) "Authorized health care provider"...
Section 44-22-20. Right to writ of habeas corpus. - Patients have the right to the writ of habeas corpus....
Section 44-22-30. Right to counsel for involuntarily committed persons suffering from mental illness or chemical dependency. - Persons suffering from mental illness or chemical dependency have the...
Section 44-22-40. Consent to electro-convulsive therapy or major medical treatment; determination of ability to give consent; who may give consent. - (A) A patient in need of electro-convulsive therapy or major...
Section 44-22-50. Treatment suited to needs; least restrictive care and treatment. - (A) A patient receiving services for mental illness or alcohol...
Section 44-22-60. Explanation of rights with regard to admission to facility; individualized treatment plan. - (A) Before or when admitted to a facility, a patient...
Section 44-22-70. Assessment of patient; establishment and review of individualized treatment plan; discharge plan; notice of discharge. - (A) The individualized plan of treatment must be reviewed every...
Section 44-22-80. Patients' rights. - Unless a patient has been adjudicated incompetent, no patient may...
Section 44-22-90. Communications with mental health professionals privileged; exceptions. - (A) Communications between patients and mental health professionals including general...
Section 44-22-100. Confidentiality of records; exceptions; violations and penalties. - (A) Certificates, applications, records, and reports made for the purpose...
Section 44-22-110. Access to medical records; appeal of denial of access. - (A) A patient or the guardian of a patient has...
Section 44-22-120. Patients' rights; communication with outside; visitors; personal belongings and effects; clothing; religious practice; limits on rights made part of record and valid no more than 30 days. - (A) Except to the extent the director of the facility...
Section 44-22-130. Physical examination of involuntarily committed patient to rule out physical condition mimicking mental illness. - Patients involuntarily committed to a facility may have a physical...
Section 44-22-140. Authorization of, and responsibility for, treatment and medication; guidelines for medication; rights with respect to refusal of treatment. - (A) The attending physician, the physician on call, or the...
Section 44-22-150. Restraint; seclusion; physical coercion. - (A) No patient residing in a mental health or alcohol...
Section 44-22-160. Employment within facility; compensation; right to refuse nontherapeutic employment. - (A) Each patient may refuse nontherapeutic employment within the facility....
Section 44-22-170. Education of school-aged residents. - (A) The State Department of Education shall ensure that each...
Section 44-22-180. Exercise and exercise facilities; right to go outdoors. - Resident patients must have the right to daily physical exercise....
Section 44-22-190. Finding employment for mentally disabled citizens. - The employment division of the South Carolina Department of Employment...
Section 44-22-200. Move of patient to less restrictive setting; court approval required for move to more restrictive setting. - The head of a treatment facility may move a patient...
Section 44-22-210. Temporary leaves of absence. - (A) The head of a treatment facility or unit may...
Section 44-22-220. Grievances concerning patient rights; penalties for denial of patient rights. - (A) The department shall develop a system for documenting and...