South Carolina Code 44-26-90. Rights of client not to be denied
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Unless a client has been adjudicated incompetent, he must not be denied the right to:
(1) dispose of property, real and personal;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-26-90
- Client: means a person who is determined by the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs to have intellectual disability or a related disability and is receiving services or is an infant at risk of having intellectual disability or a related disability and is receiving services. See South Carolina Code 44-26-10
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. See South Carolina Code 44-26-10
- Intellectual disability: means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. See South Carolina Code 44-26-10
(2) execute instruments;
(3) make purchases;
(4) enter into contractual relationships;
(5) hold a driver’s license;
(6) marry or divorce;
(7) be a qualified elector if otherwise qualified. The county board of voter registration in counties with department facilities reasonably shall assist clients who express a desire to vote to:
(a) obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots;
(b) comply with other requirements which are prerequisite for voting;
(c) vote by absentee ballot if necessary;
(8) exercise rights of citizenship in the same manner as a person without intellectual disability or a related disability.