South Dakota Statutes

§ 27A-10-19 — Twenty-four-hour hold permitted--Notice to county board.

South Dakota·Title 27A MENTALLY ILL PERSONS·Ch. 27A-9 EMERGENCY COMMITMENT
If any person presents to a facility licensed by the state as a hospital or designated as an appropriate regional facility, other than the Human Services Center, and after an examination by a qualified mental health professional it is determined that the person is severely mentally ill and in such condition that immediate intervention is necessary to protect the person from physical harm to self or others, the qualified mental health professional may initiate a twenty-four-hour hold on the person and retain the person at the hospital or appropriate regional facility for purposes of observation and emergency treatment. The hospital, the appropriate regional facility, or the qualified mental health professional shall notify the chair of the county board of mental illness of the twenty-four-h

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Legislative History

SL 1999, ch 139, § 1; SL 2023, ch 90, § 1.

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