2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 20 - PERSONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Chapter 09 - Liability For Torts
§ 20-9-3 Licensed medical practitioners immune from liability for emergency care.

SD Codified L § 20-9-3 (2016) What's This?

20-9-3. Licensed medical practitioners immune from liability for emergency care. No physician, surgeon, osteopath, physician assistant, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse, licensed under the provisions of chapters 36-4, 36-4A, and 36-9, who in good faith renders, in this state, emergency care at the scene of the emergency, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions by such person rendering the emergency care.

Source: SL 1961, ch 137, § 1; SL 1963, ch 159, § 1; SL 1976, ch 152.

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