South Dakota Statutes
§ 34-26-59 — Search and notification.
South Dakota·Title 34 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY·Ch. 34-24C CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS
(a)The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal:
(1)A law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.
(b)If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of
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Legislative History
SL 2007, ch 197, § 12.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 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Repealed§ 34-1-2
, 34-1-2.1