§ 44-7-10 Public hospitals may maintain eye banks
§ 44-7-20 Disturbing patients with radios or musical instruments
§ 44-7-30 Defrauding hospitals
§ 44-7-40 Conveyance to Federal Government of lands for veterans’ hospital
§ 44-7-50 Modification of doctrines of charitable and sovereign immunity as they relate to hospitals and other medical facilities
§ 44-7-60 Borrowing money by nonprofit public hospitals
§ 44-7-70 Report to State Board of Medical Examiners concerning action resulting in limitation upon physician’s privilege to practice in health care facility
§ 44-7-77 Program to obtain voluntary acknowledgment of paternity of newborns
§ 44-7-78 Authority to establish facilities, programs, and services in other locations

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 7 > Article 1 - General Provisions

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commission: means the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom authority to act in its stead is delegated. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, including county health departments. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
  • Director: means the Director of the Division of Livestock-Poultry Health Programs, Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Livestock: means all classes and breeds of animals, domesticated or feral, raised for use, sale, or display. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Permit: means official authorization to engage in a specific activity. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Person: means an individual, a trust, a firm, a joint stock company, a corporation including a government corporation, a partnership, an association, a municipality, a commission, or a political subdivision of this or another state. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Pet: means only domesticated cats, dogs, and ferrets. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Poultry: means all avian species including wildfowl raised for use, sale, or display and domestic fowl. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Quarantine: means a prescribed, restricted confinement of a pet or other animal up to and including a state of enforced isolation. See South Carolina Code 47-5-20
  • State Veterinarian: means the Director of Livestock-Poultry Health Division, Clemson University, and his agents, assistants, and livestock inspectors. See South Carolina Code 47-4-20
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.