Standards of eligibility for intervention program

S.C. Code Ann. § 17-22-60, under Title 17, Chapter 22.

S.C. Code Ann. § 17-22-60

Intervention is appropriate only when: (1) there is substantial likelihood that justice will be served if the offender is placed in an intervention program; (2) it is determined that the needs of the offender and the State can better be met outside the traditional criminal justice process; (3) it is apparent that the offender poses no threat to the community; (4) it appears that the offender is unlikely to be involved in further criminal activity; (5) the offender, in those cases where it is required, is likely to respond quickly to rehabilitative treatment; (6) the offender has no significant history of prior delinquency or criminal activity; and (7) at least twenty years have passed from the date of successful completion of a previous pretrial intervention program by the offender, if applicable.