2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 43 - Social Services
CHAPTER 35 - ADULT PROTECTION
Section 43-35-240. Appointment of guardian ad litem for abuse, neglect, or exploitation proceedings; criminal background checks.
(A) An individual may not be appointed as a guardian ad litem for a vulnerable adult in an abuse, neglect, or exploitation proceeding who:
(1) has been convicted of a crime enumerated in Chapter 3, Title 16, Offenses Against the Person; in Chapter 15, Title 16, Offenses Against Morality and Decency; in Article 3, Chapter 53, Title 44, Narcotics and Controlled Substances; in Section 43-35-85, Omnibus Adult Protection Act; in Chapter 25, Title 16, Criminal Domestic Violence; or Section 16-17-490, Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor; or
(2) is or has ever been on the Department of Social Services Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect, the Sex Offender Registry, or listed as "not in good standing" on the Nurse Aide Registry.
(B) A criminal background check must be conducted for each volunteer guardian ad litem as required by the Vulnerable Adult Guardian ad Litem Program.
HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 162 (S.764), Section 1, eff May 16, 2014.
