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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-17-310 Voluntary admission
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If in the judgment of the director of a state hospital the person is a proper subject for voluntary admission, the director of the hospital shall admit for treatment an individual who is eighteen years of age or over and applies for admission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-17-320 Discharge of voluntary patient by superintendent
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The superintendent of a hospital shall discharge any voluntary patient who has recovered or whose detention he determines to be no longer advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-17-330 Discharge at request of patient or another person
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A voluntary patient who requests to be discharged or whose discharge is requested, in writing, by the patient's parent or legal guardian or other interested person must be discharged, except that: (1) if the patient was admitted on the patient's own application and the request fo…
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-17-340 Written notice of right to release
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At the time of his admission to the hospital and once during the first six months of hospitalization and annually thereafter a voluntary patient shall be informed in writing of his right to release. The patient's spouse, parent, legal guardian or other interested person shall als…