If a client resides in a facility operated by or contracted to by the Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, the determination of that client's competency to consent to or refuse major medical treatment must be made pursuant to Section 44-66-20 of the Adult Health Care Consent Act. The office shall abide by the decision of a client found competent to consent.
S.C. Code Ann. § 44-26-40
Determination of competency to consent to or refuse major medical treatment
1992 Act No. 366, SECTION 1; 2011 Act No. 47, SECTION 6, eff June 7, 2011; 2019 Act No. 85 (H.3602), SECTION 2, eff May 24, 2019.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.