2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 25 - Vital Records And Burial Permits
§ 34-25-32.1 Report required of certain fetal deaths other than abortions.
34-25-32.1. Report required of certain fetal deaths other than abortions. A fetal death report for the death of each fetus which has attained a gestational age of not less than twenty completed weeks and which is not an abortion and reportable as such under chapter 34-23A which occurs in this state shall be filed with the Department of Health, in accordance with rules of the secretary of health promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. However, the gestational age specified by this section may not be considered a factor in determining when life begins.
Source: SL 1972, ch 194, § 27; SL 1977, ch 285, § 1; SL 1993, ch 253, § 8; SL 2007, ch 195, § 11.
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