S.C. Code Regs. § § 114-3310

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 114-3310 - Definitions, General Requirements, and Purpose

A. The agency shall provide protective services for adults who have been determined to be in need of such services in order to remedy or prevent situations of abuse, neglect or exploitation.

B. Protective services for adults shall be directed toward identifying and correcting conditions of actual or potential abuse, neglect or exploitation of persons eighteen (18) years of age or older who are senile, persons with intellectual disability, developmentally disabled or otherwise incapacitated.

C. Definitions of terms found in S. C. Code, 1976, Section 43-29-10 shall apply in this article.

S.C. Code Regs. § 114-3310

CODE COMMISSIONER'S NOTE

Pursuant to 2011 Act No. 47, Section 14(B), the Code Commissioner substituted "intellectual disability" or "mental retardation" and "person with intellectual disability" or "persons with intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded".