{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-35-310","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 43-35-310","heading":"Council created; membership; filling vacancies.","body":"(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:\n(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\n(2) these members who shall serve ex officio:\n(a) Attorney General or a designee;\n(b) Office on Aging, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(c) Criminal Justice Academy, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(d) South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Commissioner, or a designee;\n(e) Office of Mental Health, Office Director, or a designee;\n(f) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Office Director, or a designee;\n(g) Adult Protective Services Program, Director, or a designee;\n(h) South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(i) Police Chiefs' Association, President, or a designee;\n(j) South Carolina Commission on Prosecution Coordination, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(k) Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., Executive Director, or a designee;\n(l) South Carolina Sheriff's Association, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(m) South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Chief, or a designee;\n(n) Long Term Care Ombudsman or a designee;\n(o) South Carolina Medical Association, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(p) South Carolina Health Care Association, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(q) South Carolina Home Care Association, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(r) South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Director, or a designee;\n(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;\n(t) South Carolina Court Administration, Executive Director, or a designee;\n(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.\n(B) Vacancies on the council must be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.","path":["Title 43 - SOCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 35 Adult Protection","ARTICLE 3 Adult Protection Coordinating Council"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t43c035.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:29:19Z","sha256":"3400f14b0e0da6f9fb6523bbc3b66e7f8881fa0c0c76ea8c24eb9508d99b752b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-35-290","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-43-35-320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}