{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-23-1080","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-23-1080","heading":"Patients and prisoners denied access to alcoholic beverages, firearms, dangerous weapons, and controlled substances.","body":"No patient or prisoner under the jurisdiction of the Office of Mental Health is allowed access to alcoholic beverages, firearms, dangerous weapons, or controlled substances as defined by Section 44-53-110. Any person who intentionally or negligently allows patients or prisoners of the office access to these items or who attempts to furnish these items to patients or prisoners of the office is guilty:\n(1) in the case of alcoholic beverages or controlled substances, of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than ten years, or both; and\n(2) in the case of firearms or dangerous weapons, of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 23 Provisions Applicable to Both Mentally Ill Persons and Persons With Intellectual Disability","ARTICLE 11 Treatment, Rights, Privileges, and Expenses of Patients Generally"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c023.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:31:29Z","sha256":"5aff9323dd53ad99cef48af3dd0773f27cb9752e9934526df8407e3a73554698","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-23-460","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-23-1100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}