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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-22-160

Employment within facility; compensation; right to refuse nontherapeutic employment

1991 Act No. 127, SECTION 1.

(A) Each patient may refuse nontherapeutic employment within the facility. The Office of Mental Health shall establish policies and guidelines to determine what constitutes therapeutic employment. The record and justification of each patient's employment must be sent immediately to the attending physician for review and entered into the patient's record. Patient employment must be compensated in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.

(B) Personal living skills or household tasks not involving maintenance of the facility are not considered employment and are uncompensated.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.