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South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 24 - Commitment Of Children In Need Of Mental Health Treatment

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§ 44-24-10	Definitions
§ 44-24-20	Voluntary admission; notification of guardian ad litem
§ 44-24-30	Admission of child sixteen or older as inpatient; determination of voluntariness; appointment of guardian ad litem
§ 44-24-40	Discharge of voluntarily admitted child; grounds for not effecting discharge
§ 44-24-50	Periodic notification to voluntarily admitted child, and parent or guardian, of right to release
§ 44-24-60	Emergency admission of child to inpatient hospital
§ 44-24-70	Taking custody of child needing emergency admission
§ 44-24-80	Transportation of child to hospital; parent's or guardian's request to accompany child
§ 44-24-90	Notification to child and guardian of petition; contents of petition; right to counsel; examination and conclusions
§ 44-24-100	Notice of hearing for emergency or judicial admission
§ 44-24-110	Examiners' reports; disposition of child where report does not recommend judicial admission, recommends judicial admission, or is divided
§ 44-24-120	Removal of proceedings to another county
§ 44-24-130	Hearing; location; testimony; rules of evidence; transcript
§ 44-24-140	Determination after presentation of evidence
§ 44-24-150	Psychiatric evaluations of children; notification of victims
§ 44-24-160	Examination and review of child admitted to inpatient program; program of care and treatment
§ 44-24-170	Right to reexamination; notice of right; proceedings upon petition for reexamination
§ 44-24-180	Court review of case of child involuntarily admitted
§ 44-24-190	Notification to court when child moved to different program; court approval for move to more restrictive program; placement in crisis stabilization
§ 44-24-200	Unauthorized absence of child from facility or residential program
§ 44-24-210	Unlawful to remove child from inpatient facility or residential program without authorization
§ 44-24-220	Requirement of discharge planning and continuity of service in community
§ 44-24-230	Provision of community-based treatment as alternative to hospitalization
§ 44-24-240	Agencies to participate in planning and provision of services; exchange of records
§ 44-24-250	Consultation with parent or guardian; participation in or cooperation with treatment
§ 44-24-260	Child's right to communicate, consult, or visit with agency or person having custody, with counsel, or with private mental health service provider
§ 44-24-270	Personal, civil, and property rights of child in treatment program
§ 44-24-280	Use of restraint, seclusion, or physical coercion; corporal punishment prohibited