S.C. Code § 44-24-140

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 44-24-140 - Determination after presentation of evidence
(A) If the court finds, after presentation of all the evidence, that the child is not in need of judicial admission, the court shall order that he must be discharged if he has been hospitalized before the hearing.
(B) If upon completion of the hearing and consideration of the record the court finds upon clear and convincing evidence that the child is in need of judicial admission, the court may order treatment in the department or at another program or facility that agrees to accept the child.

S.C. Code § 44-24-140

1993 Act No. 30, Section 8; 1991 Act No. 88, Section 1.