South Dakota Statutes
§ 34-20A-111 — Immunity from arrest or prosecution for reporting one's own need for emergency medical assistance for drug-related overdose.
South Dakota § 34-20A-111
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 34PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Ch. 34-20TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
This text of South Dakota § 34-20A-111 (Immunity from arrest or prosecution for reporting one's own need for emergency medical assistance for drug-related overdose.) 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 § 34-20A-111 (2026).
Text
A person who experiences a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance may not be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for any misdemeanor or felony offense of possession, inhalation, ingestion, or otherwise taking into the body any controlled drug or substance if that person contacts law enforcement or emergency medical services and reports that he or she is in need of medical assistance as the result of a drug-related overdose. A person qualifies for the immunities provided in this section only if the evidence for the charge or prosecution was obtained as a result of the drug-related overdose and the need for medical assistance.
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Legislative History
SL 2017, ch 154, § 3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 34-1-1
§ 34-1-1§ 34-1-1.1
Department reorganized and continued.§ 34-1-15
§ 34-1-15§ 34-1-19
Repealed§ 34-1-2
, 34-1-2.1Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 34-20A-111, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/34-20A-111.