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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 44-26-90: Rights of client not to be denied.

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  1. Title 44 - HEALTH
  2. CHAPTER 26 Rights of Clients With Intellectual Disability

Unless a client has been adjudicated incompetent, he must not be denied the right to:

(1) dispose of property, real and personal;

(2) execute instruments;

(3) make purchases;

(4) enter into contractual relationships;

(5) hold a driver's license;

(6) marry or divorce;

(7) be a qualified elector if otherwise qualified. The county board of voter registration in counties with office facilities reasonably shall assist clients who express a desire to vote to:

(a) obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots;

(b) comply with other requirements which are prerequisite for voting;

(c) vote by absentee ballot if necessary;

(8) exercise rights of citizenship in the same manner as a person without intellectual disability or a related disability.

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