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If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health emergency, contact the 24/7/365 Statewide Crisis Response dispatcher at 833-364-2274, or call 911.
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SC Mental Health Laws
Title 44 of the South Carolina Code of Laws focuses on health and patient rights. In some cases, the SC legislature combines laws related to people with mental illness with laws related to people with intellectually disabilities.
- Mental Health Chapters in Title 44
Chapter 9 - creation of SCDMH + administration, duties
Chapter 11 - state mental health facilities
Chapter 13 - admission, detention, removal of patients
Chapter 15 - local mental health boards, centers
Chapter 17 - care, commitment of mentally ill persons
Chapter 20 - SC Intellectual Disability, Related Disabilities, Head Injuries, and Spinal Cord Injuries Act
Chapter 21 - Department of Disabilities, Special Needs Family Support Services - focus, services
Chapter 22 - rights of mental health patients
Chapter 23 - provisions for both mentally ill and mentally disabled persons
Chapter 24 - commitment of children
Chapter 25 - interstate compact on mental health
Chapter 26 - rights of clients with intellectual disability
Chapter 27 - patients at federal institutions
Chapter 28 - trust funds, aid - for self-sufficiency, disability, developmental disability, mental illness, physical handicap
SC Therapists and Psychologists
SC Mental Health Facilities
Many of South Carolina's mental health centers provide both residential and outpatient services.
SC Public Mental Health Centers
SC Private Mental Health Centers
SC State Government Resources
SC Mental Health Organizations
