{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-160","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-52-160","heading":"Violation of conditions of release; supplemental proceedings and recommitment.","body":"If a person who was involuntarily committed violates the conditions of his release including a failure to adhere to an outpatient treatment program as ordered by the court, the court may, upon a written affidavit of the head of the treatment facility or the director of a treatment program under whose supervision the person was released, and upon notice to the person and his counsel, order a supplemental hearing and further order inpatient treatment. The probate court issuing the order shall maintain jurisdiction over the person for the purpose of supplemental proceedings.\nIf a person who violates the conditions of his release is in such a condition that he poses a substantial risk of physical harm to himself or others, the court may, upon a written affidavit of the head of the treatment facility or the director of a treatment program under whose supervision the person was released, order the patient to be returned to the treatment facility from which he was released pending the conduct of a supplemental hearing which must be held within seventy-two hours from the time of admission to the facility.\nAny person with respect to whom further involuntary inpatient treatment is ordered as a result of the supplemental hearing, may be recommitted for a period of treatment not to exceed sixty days.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 52 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commitment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c052.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:29Z","sha256":"027477968a602661b18d150755a524f9221d8da65e07efffd833aa2bf9a96043","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-150","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-165"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}