{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-30","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-52-30","heading":"Discharge of voluntary patient.","body":"The head of the treatment facility may discharge a patient who has sufficiently improved so that the head of the treatment facility determines that hospitalization of the patient is no longer necessary.\nThe head of the treatment facility may also discharge any patient if to do so would, in his judgment, contribute to the most effective use of the facility in the care and treatment 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":"0388f50185c45ce982e6f971c2fabd1703f5e619bac79d0b67949bf6a46e67e5","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-52-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}