{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-200","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-52-200","heading":"Authority of State Department of Mental Health.","body":"The Office of Mental Health may prescribe the form of applications, reports, records, and medical certificates provided for under this chapter, and the information required to be contained; require reports from the head of any treatment facility relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, release, or discharge of any patient; visit each facility regularly; review the admission procedures of all new patients admitted between visits; provide care and treatment for involuntary admissions of chemically dependent persons; investigate by personal visit complaints made by any patient or by any person on behalf of a patient; and adopt regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter which it finds to be reasonably necessary for proper and efficient hospitalization and care of chemically dependent persons.","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":"aa5875ba76d72291f0a96d9dfa00177c7d27c0be49726b2a1249e3e3e925a1f3","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-165","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}