{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-1940","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-53-1940","heading":"Decision to seek medical assistance a mitigating factor.","body":"The court may consider a person's decision to seek medical assistance pursuant to Section 44-53-1920(A) or 44-53-1930 as a mitigating factor in a criminal prosecution or sentencing for a drug or alcohol-related offense that is not an offense listed in Section 44-53-1920(B).","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 53 Poisons, Drugs, and Other Controlled Substances","ARTICLE 19 Drug or Alcohol-Related Overdose Medical Treatment"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c053.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:33:34Z","sha256":"ca23481e47b23475c9a28c4169a4dd90626ee2cb054d6029883d085a912de381","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-1930","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-53-1950"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}