South Carolina Code 43-35-500. Definitions
(1) "Committee" means the Vulnerable Adult Fatalities Review Committee.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 43-35-500
- Facility: means a nursing care facility, community residential care facility, a psychiatric hospital, or any residential program operated or contracted for operation by the Department of Mental Health or the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
- Vulnerable adult: means a person eighteen years of age or older who has a physical or mental condition which substantially impairs the person from adequately providing for his or her own care or protection. See South Carolina Code 43-35-10
(2) "Meeting" means both in-person meetings and meetings through telephone conferencing.
(3) "Preventable death" means a death that reasonable medical, social, legal, psychological, or educational intervention may have prevented.
(4) "Provider of medical care" means a licensed health care practitioner who provides, or a licensed health care facility through which is provided, medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment.
(5) "SLED" means the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
(6) "Unit" means the Vulnerable Adults Investigations Unit of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
(7) "Working day" means Monday through Friday, excluding official state holidays.