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S.C. Code Ann. § 44-23-1080

Patients and prisoners denied access to alcoholic beverages, firearms, dangerous weapons, and controlled substances

1962 Code SECTION 32-1000.1; 1974 (58) 2642; 1984 Act No. 426, SECTION 1; 1988 Act No. 311, SECTION 1.

No patient or prisoner under the jurisdiction of the Office of Mental Health is allowed access to alcoholic beverages, firearms, dangerous weapons, or controlled substances as defined by Section 44-53-110. Any person who intentionally or negligently allows patients or prisoners of the office access to these items or who attempts to furnish these items to patients or prisoners of the office is guilty:

(1) in the case of alcoholic beverages or controlled substances, of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than ten years, or both; and

(2) in the case of firearms or dangerous weapons, of a felony and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.

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