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NOTICE: The following references to the Code of Laws of South Carolina are for general information only. Specific circumstances and facts may require consultation with BHDD supervisory staff and/or its Office of General Counsel.  

The following are links to portions of the Code of Laws of South Carolina pertaining to BHDD Mental Health, voluntary and involuntary treatment, capacity to stand trial, patient rights, sexually violent predator, etc. To read the full text of specific statutes via the South Carolina Legislature Online, click the TITLE and CHAPTER LINKS below.

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 9 Office of Mental Health

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 11 Organization and Control of State Mental Health Facilities

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 13 Admission, Detention, and Removal of Patients at State Mental Health Facilities

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 15  Local Mental Health Programs, Boards, and Centers

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 17 Care and Commitment of Mentally Ill Persons

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 22 Rights of Mental Health Patients

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 23 Provisions Applicable to Both Mentally Ill Persons and Persons with Intellectual Disability

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 24 Commitment of Children in Need of Mental Health Treatment

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 25 Interstate Compact on Mental Health

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 27 Patients at Federal Institutions

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 48 Sexually Violent Predator Act

TITLE 44 CHAPTER 52 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commitment

TITLE 17 CHAPTER 24 Mentally Ill or Insane Defendants

TITLE 43 CHAPTER 35 Adult Protection

TITLE 62 CHAPTER 5 Protection of Persons Under Disability and Their Property

Judicial Forms

NOTICE: The forms below were cooperatively drafted by a committee of South Carolina probate judges and BHDD's Office of Mental Health and implemented in 2018. 

Do you need help?

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health emergency, contact our 24/7/365 statewide Mobile Crisis response dispatcher at 1-833-364-2274, or call, text, or chat 988 to reach the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.