MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - A newborn boy left at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center is the first child in Horry County taken in under the state's Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies law.

The 3-pound, 2-ounce baby left at the hospital Saturday is in the care of the Horry County Department of Social Services.

The three-year-old law lets parents leave unwanted newborns with a worker at a hospital or an outpatient facility and without criminal prosecution.

A woman brought the child to the hospital but didn't identify herself or the child's parents, according Horry County DSS officials. The woman only said the child's mother didn't want to keep him.

The law applies to infants up to 30 days old.

Rick Shelley with the Horry County DSS said a hearing is set Nov. 20 in Family Court where any person wanting to assert parental rights to the infant must attend.

Another baby boy was left at Summerville Medical Center in Dorchester County during the weekend.

Information from: The Sun News