South Carolina § 63-11-710 - Local boards for review.
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§ 63-11-710. Local boards for review.
(A) There are created sixteen local boards for review of cases of children receiving foster care, one in each judicial circuit, composed of five members appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the legislative delegation of each county within the circuit for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. If the county legislative delegations within a judicial circuit have not recommended to the Governor a person to fill a review board vacancy within ninety days after being notified by certified mail that the vacancy exists, then the local review boards in the judicial circuit may recommend to the Governor someone to fill the vacancy. All local board members must be residents of the judicial circuit which they represent, except where a current or former member is substituting for an absent member. Local boards shall elect their chairman.
(B) If the board of directors determines that additional local review boards are necessary in a judicial circuit because of an excessively large case load for review or if the local board is no longer necessary because of a reduced case load, the board may create or dissolve local review boards by resolution, and the boards created have all authority and duties provided for the boards by the provisions of this article.
(C) In Dorchester County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 512 of 1996.
(D) In Georgetown County, appointments made pursuant to this section are governed by the provisions of Act 515 of 1996.
(E) In the Fifth Judicial Circuit, the members of one of the local review boards authorized pursuant to subsection (B) must be appointed by the Kershaw County Legislative Delegation. The local review board appointed by the Kershaw County Legislative Delegation shall be the board in the Fifth Judicial Circuit which primarily deals with cases in Kershaw County.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2; 2018 Act No. 175 (H.4832), SECTION 1, eff May 3, 2018.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 175, SECTION 1, added (E).
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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