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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 17 - CARE AND COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
Section 44-17-865. Department to notify law enforcement officials of patients absent without proper authorization.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-17-865 (2017)
If any person involuntarily committed to a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Mental Health is absent without proper authorization, the Department shall immediately notify by telephone the appropriate state and local law enforcement officials of such absence. Such notice shall also be confirmed in writing and mailed to such law enforcement officials within twenty-four hours after the absence is discovered.
HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 459, Section 2.
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