South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
Chapter 31 - Tuberculosis

Section 44-31-10. Reports of physicians and administrative officers of hospitals and similar institutions. - Every attending physician and chief administrative officer having charge of...

Section 44-31-20. Reports of bacteriological and pathological laboratories. - (1) All bacteriological and pathological laboratories rendering diagnostic service shall...

Section 44-31-30. Personnel of Department of Health and Environmental Control are authorized to inspect records and provide consultation services. - Authorized personnel of the Department of Health and Environmental Control...

Section 44-31-100. Legislative findings; purpose of article. - (A) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Pulmonary tuberculosis is...

Section 44-31-105. Emergency order; contents; enforcement; hearings on release. - (A) If the Department of Health and Environmental Control determines...

Section 44-31-110. Emergency order for commitment of person with active tuberculosis; petition; waiver of notice. - (A) When it is brought to the attention of a...

Section 44-31-120. Commitment of tuberculosis patient; duration. - If the judge of probate, after notice and hearing, is...

Section 44-31-130. Appeal of commitment; no stay pending appeal available. - A person committed to a facility under the terms of...

Section 44-31-140. Isolation or forcible detention. - If a person committed to a facility pursuant to this...

Section 44-31-150. Detention in local detention facility limited. - A person committed under the provisions of this article who...

Section 44-31-160. Report of leave without permission; judge to order sheriff to return patient to facility or secure prison facility. - If a person lawfully detained or committed pursuant to this...

Section 44-31-170. Requirement of certification of danger by two physicians for compulsory treatment; examination not compulsory treatment. - A person must not be required to take compulsory treatment...

Section 44-31-190. Construction and application of article. - No provision of this article may be construed as interfering...

Section 44-31-200. Promulgation of regulations authorized. - The department may promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes...

Section 44-31-310. County authorities shall provide separate cells, rooms, or places for tuberculous prisoners. - The county supervisors and governing bodies of the respective counties...

Section 44-31-320. Examination of prisoners or inmates by physician. - The county supervisor or sheriff of any county, when a...

Section 44-31-330. Examination within five days after commitment. - The jailer, keeper or warden of every place of confinement...

Section 44-31-340. Penal and charitable institutions shall provide separate places for tuberculous prisoners and inmates. - Superintendents and boards of directors of all State penal and...

Section 44-31-350. Association of prisoners on public works not prohibited. - Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to...

Section 44-31-360. Penalty. - A person who violates the provisions of this article is...

Section 44-31-510. State Park Health Center transferred to Department of Health and Environmental Control; title to real property vested in State. - All powers, duties, personnel, funds and personal property of the...

Section 44-31-520. Payment for medical care and hospitalization. - Patients who are able to pay for their medical care...

Section 44-31-610. Creation, membership, and duties of Tuberculosis Control Advisory Committee. - There is hereby created the Tuberculosis Control Advisory Committee to...