S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-310: Council created; membership; filling vacancies.

(A) There is created the Adult Protection Coordinating Council under the auspices of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and is comprised of:

(1) one member from the institutional care service provision system who is a consumer or a family member of a consumer of that system and one member from the home and community-based service provision system who is a consumer or a family member of a consumer of that system, both of whom must be appointed by the council for terms of two years; and

(2) these members who shall serve ex officio:

(a) Attorney General or a designee;

(b) Office on Aging, Executive Director, or a designee;

(c) Criminal Justice Academy, Executive Director, or a designee;

(d) South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Commissioner, or a designee;

(e) Office of Mental Health, Office Director, or a designee;

(f) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Office Director, or a designee;

(g) Adult Protective Services Program, Director, or a designee;

(h) South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Director, or a designee;

(i) Police Chiefs' Association, President, or a designee;

(j) South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, Executive Director, or a designee;

(k) Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., Executive Director, or a designee;

(l) South Carolina Sheriff's Association, Executive Director, or a designee;

(m) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Chief, or a designee;

(n) Long Term Care Ombudsman or a designee;

(o) South Carolina Medical Association, Executive Director, or a designee;

(p) South Carolina Health Care Association, Executive Director, or a designee;

(q) South Carolina Home Care Association, Executive Director, or a designee;

(r) South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Director, or a designee;

(s) executive director or president of a provider association for home and community-based services selected by the members of the council for terms of two years, or a designee;

(t) South Carolina Court Administration, Executive Director, or a designee;

(u) executive director or president of a residential care facility organization selected by the members of council for terms of two years, or a designee.

(B) Vacancies on the council must be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.