South Carolina Code 44-9-10. Creation of Department of Mental Health; jurisdiction
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-9-10
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
There is hereby created the State Department of Mental Health which shall have jurisdiction over all of the State’s mental hospitals, clinics and centers, joint State and community sponsored mental health clinics and centers and facilities for the treatment and care of alcohol and drug addicts, including the authority to name each facility.