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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 22 - RIGHTS OF MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS
Section 44-22-160. Employment within facility; compensation; right to refuse nontherapeutic employment.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-22-160 (2017)
(A) Each patient may refuse nontherapeutic employment within the facility. The department shall establish policies and guidelines to determine what constitutes therapeutic employment. The record and justification of each patient's employment must be sent immediately to the attending physician for review and entered into the patient's record. Patient employment must be compensated in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
(B) Personal living skills or household tasks not involving maintenance of the facility are not considered employment and are uncompensated.
HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 127, Section 1.
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