2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 25 - Vital Records And Burial Permits
§ 34-25-9.1 Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required.
34-25-9.1. Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required. If a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of priority:
(1) The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;
(2) Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;
(3) The father or mother, or, in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
The department shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish the evidence necessary to establish the facts of birth.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.0207; SL 1945, ch 104; SL 1947, ch 121, § 1; SDCL, § 34-25-9; SL 1972, ch 194, § 9; SL 1997, ch 205, § 2.
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