(5) means the director of the South Carolina ‘Director’ Department of Mental Health. (6) means an absolute release or dismissal from an ‘Discharge’ institution or a hospital. (7) means a person who, due to mental ‘Gravely disabled’ illness, lacks sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible decisions with respect to his treatment and because of this condition is likely to cause harm to himself through neglect, inability to care for himself, personal injury, or otherwise. (8) or means a person who legally ‘Guardian’ ‘legal guardian’ has the care and management of the person of one who is not sui juris. (8)(9) means a public or private hospital. ‘Hospital’ (9)(10) means a parent, guardian, spouse, ‘Interested person’ adult next of kin, or nearest friend. (10)(11) of means a qualified release from an ‘Leave absence’ institution or a hospital. (11)(12) means an individual licensed ‘Licensed physician’ under the laws of this State to practice medicine or a medical officer of the government of the United States while in this State in the performance of official duties. (12)(13) of means because of mental ‘Likelihood serious harm’ illness there is: (a) a substantial risk of physical harm to the person himself as manifested by evidence of threats of, or attempts at, suicide or serious bodily harm; (b) a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by evidence of homicidal or other violent behavior and serious harm to them; or (c) a very substantial risk of physical impairment or injury to the person himself as manifested by evidence that the person’s judgment is so affected that the person is unable to protect himself or herself in the community person is gravely disabled and that reasonable provision for the protection is not available in person’s the community. (13)(14) means an institution, or part of an ‘Mental health clinic’ institution, maintained by the department for the treatment and care on an outpatient basis. (14)(15) means any responsible person who, in ‘Nearest friend’ the absence of a parent, guardian, or spouse, undertakes to act for and on behalf of another individual who is incapable of acting for himself for that whether or not the individual individual’s benefit, for whose benefit he acts is under legal disability.
(5) ‘Director’ means the director of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. (6) ‘Discharge’ means an absolute release or dismissal from an institution or a hospital. (7) ‘Gravely disabled’ means a person who, due to mental illness, lacks sufficient insight or capacity to make responsible decisions with respect to his treatment and because of this condition is likely to cause harm to himself through neglect, inability to care for himself, personal injury, or otherwise. (8) ‘Guardian’ or ‘legal guardian’ means a person who legally has the care and management of the person of one who is not sui juris. (8)(9) ‘Hospital’ means a public or private hospital. (9)(10) ‘Interested person’ means a parent, guardian, spouse, adult next of kin, or nearest friend. (10)(11) ‘Leave of absence’ means a qualified release from an institution or a hospital. (11)(12) ‘Licensed physician’ means an individual licensed under the laws of this State to practice medicine or a medical officer of the government of the United States while in this State in the performance of official duties. (12)(13) ‘Likelihood of serious harm’ means because of mental illness there is: (a) a substantial risk of physical harm to the person himself as manifested by evidence of threats of, or attempts at, suicide or serious bodily harm; (b) a substantial risk of physical harm to other persons as manifested by evidence of homicidal or other violent behavior and serious harm to them; or (c) a very substantial risk of physical impairment or injury to the person himself as manifested by evidence that the person’s judgment is so affected that the person is unable to protect himself or herself in the community person is gravely disabled and that reasonable provision for the person’s protection is not available in the community. (13)(14) ‘Mental health clinic’ means an institution, or part of an institution, maintained by the department for the treatment and care on an outpatient basis. (14)(15) ‘Nearest friend’ means any responsible person who, in the absence of a parent, guardian, or spouse, undertakes to act for and on behalf of another individual who is incapable of acting for himself for that individual’s benefit, whether or not the individual for whose benefit he acts is under legal disability.
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