2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 22 - Contagious Disease Control
§ 34-22-18.1 Action for injunction to enforce department directive or order--Confidential information.
34-22-18.1. Action for injunction to enforce department directive or order--Confidential information. If the department has determined by medical or epidemiological information that a person is infected with, or is reasonably suspected of having active tuberculosis, any middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), smallpox, or viral hemorrhagic fevers, or any disease or condition which is the subject of a declared public health emergency pursuant to § 34-22-42, and that person presents a health threat to others, the department may commence an action in circuit court, pursuant to chapters 15-6 and 21-8, for injunctive relief as necessary to enforce any applicable department directive or order. The court shall treat individually identifying information including the gender, age, ethnicity, race, national origin, location, or identity of any person subject to the proceedings as strictly confidential information. If necessary, identifying numbers or initials may be used to protect the individually identifying information of the person.
Source: SL 2015, ch 181, § 33.
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