South Dakota Statutes

§ 34-12D-18 — Patients able to make decisions regarding medical care--Effect upon rights.

South Dakota § 34-12D-18
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 34PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Ch. 34-12CLIVING WILLS

This text of South Dakota § 34-12D-18 (Patients able to make decisions regarding medical care--Effect upon rights.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-12D-18 (2026).

Text

This chapter does not affect the right of a patient to make decisions regarding the use of life - sustaining treatment, so long as the patient is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility that a person has to effect the withdrawal or withholding of medical care.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

SL 1991, ch 273, § 17.

Nearby Sections

15
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 34-12D-18, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/34-12D-18.