South Carolina § 44-9-100 - Additional powers and duties of commission.

§ 44-9-100. Additional powers and duties of commission.

The Office of Mental Health may:

(1) prescribe the form of and information to be contained in applications, records, reports, and medical certificates provided for under this chapter, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Article 1 of Chapter 15, Chapter 17, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 27, Chapter 48, and Chapter 52;

(2) require reports from the director of a state hospital relating to the admission, examination, diagnosis, discharge, or conditional discharge of a patient;

(3) investigate complaints made by a patient or by a person on behalf of a patient;

(4) adopt regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Article 1 of Chapter 15, Chapter 17, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 27, Chapter 48, and Chapter 52 as it may find to be reasonably necessary for the government of all institutions over which it has authority and of state mental health facilities and the proper and efficient treatment of persons with a mental illness or substance abuse disorder;

(5) take appropriate action to initiate and develop relationships and agreements with state, local, federal, and private agencies, hospitals, and clinics as the Office of Mental Health considers necessary to increase and enhance the accessibility and delivery of emergency and all other types of mental health services.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 32-924; 1952 Code SECTION 32-954; 1942 Code SECTION 6223; 1932 Code SECTION 6223; Civ. C. '22 SECTION 5074; Civ. C. '12 SECTION 3355; Civ. C. '02 SECTION 2248; G. S. 1585; R. S. 1780; 1827 (11) 322; 1871 (15) 672; 1915 (29) 147; 1920 (31) 704; 1938 (40) 1665; 1952 (47) 2042; 1958 (50) 1634; 1979 Act No. 42 SECTION 2; 1993 Act No. 37, SECTION 1; 2000 Act No. 253, SECTION 2; 2008 Act No. 266, SECTION 5, eff June 4, 2008.

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.