South Carolina Code 44-7-345. Discrimination prohibited in admission of individuals to residential care facilities
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-7-345
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Community residential care facilities licensed pursuant to this article which receive public funds, including funds appropriated in Part I of the appropriation act, directly or indirectly, including those instances where payment of an optional state supplement from the South Carolina Department of Social Services is made to a resident, their designated representative payee, or guardian, rather than directly to a facility, may not deny admission or services to an individual on the basis of race, color, national origin, qualified handicap, sex, or age.