S.C. Code § 43-5-310
General assistance to handicapped or unfortunate persons who are unable to support themselves
South Carolina · South Carolina Code Title 43, Chapter 5 — Public Aid, Assistance and Relief Generally · Status: effective
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- S.C. Code § 43-5-310, General assistance to handicapped or unfortunate persons who are unable to support themselves, South Carolina, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1584052
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General assistance in the form of money payments shall be granted by the State Department to handicapped and unfortunate persons in need who are not eligible for other forms of assistance provided in Chapters 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19 and 23 and who are unable to support themselves because of physical or mental infirmity and would suffer unless so provided for. A recipient of such assistance must be unable to provide himself with the necessities of life, have insufficient means of his own for proper support and have no relative or other person able to provide and legally responsible for his maintenance or willing to provide therefor.