2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 44 - Health
CHAPTER 9 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
Section 44-9-60. Appointment of directors of hospitals; employment of personnel.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 44-9-60 (2017)

The director of the Department of Mental Health may appoint a director of each hospital. Each director must be knowledgeable in the treatment of the mentally ill and in hospital administration. The director of each hospital under the jurisdiction of the Department of Mental Health is responsible for the employment of all personnel at the hospital, subject to the approval of the director of the department. The director of the department may serve as director of one or more hospitals or other mental health facilities.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-920.2; 1964 (53) 2078; 1980 Act No. 479; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1074; 2008 Act No. 266, Section 3, eff June 4, 2008.

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