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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-24-210

  • Child: means a person under the age of eighteen years. See South Carolina Code 44-24-10
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
It is unlawful for a person, without prior authorization from the child‘s attending physician or his designee, to take a child away or cause him to be taken away from the grounds of an inpatient facility or residential treatment program. A person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.