2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 24 - Child Health
§ 34-24-16 Educational program on metabolic diseases causing mental retardation--Information included.

SD Codified L § 34-24-16 (2016) What's This?

34-24-16. Educational program on metabolic diseases. The State Department of Health shall provide for the development and carrying out of an educational program among physicians, staffs of hospitals, public health nurses, and the citizens of this state concerning the disease phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, and other metabolic diseases which may cause intellectual disabilities for which appropriate methods of detection, prevention, or treatment are available. This educational program shall include information about the nature of the diseases and examinations for the early detection of such diseases in order that proper measures may be taken to prevent intellectual disabilities.

Source: SL 1973, ch 233, § 1; SL 1982, ch 264, § 1; SL 2013, ch 125, § 17.

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