South Carolina § 44-49-320 - Definitions.
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§ 44-49-320. Definitions.
For purposes of this article:
(1) "Credentialing entity" means an organization approved pursuant to this article to certify recovery housing.
(2) "Office" means the Office of Substance Use Services, a component office of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities.
(3) "Recovery housing" means recovery residences, recovery homes, sober-living homes, work-rehab homes, three-quarter houses, and other similar dwellings that provide individuals recovering from alcohol and substance use disorders with a living environment free from alcohol and illicit substance use and centered on peer support and connection to services that promote sustained recovery, including continued sobriety, improved individual health, residential stability, and positive community involvement. Recovery housing does not include treatment facilities as defined in Section 44-52-10.
HISTORY: 2024 Act No. 160 (S.445), SECTION 1, eff May 20, 2024.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
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