{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-31-160","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-31-160","heading":"Report of leave without permission; judge to order sheriff to return patient to facility or secure prison facility.","body":"If a person lawfully detained or committed pursuant to this article to a facility leaves the facility without permission of the attending physician, the department shall report this information to the judge of probate of the county from which the patient was committed, and the judge of probate shall call upon the sheriff of the county to return the patient to the facility or to a secure prison facility if necessary.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 31 Tuberculosis","ARTICLE 3 Emergency Detention and Commitment of Tuberculosis Patients"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c031.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:32:09Z","sha256":"2cf7a829232c9a2f66fae58c13f803c82a3041b03bc98629a7a359750149f9f5","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-31-150","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-31-170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}