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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 12D - Living Wills
§ 34-12D-14 Withdrawal or withholding of treatment neither suicide or homicide.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 34-12D-14 (2019)
34-12D-14. Withdrawal or withholding of treatment neither suicide or homicide. Death resulting from the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with this chapter does not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide on the part of the declarant or a homicide on the part of the attending physician or other health care providers.
Source: SL 1991, ch 273, § 13; SL 2007, ch 193, § 9.
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