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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 12D - Living Wills
§ 34-12D-15 Withdrawal or withholding of treatment--Effect upon life insurance or annuity.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 34-12D-15 (2019)
34-12D-15. Withdrawal or withholding of treatment--Effect upon life insurance or annuity. The making of a declaration pursuant to this chapter does not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a policy of life insurance or annuity, nor does it affect, impair, or modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance or annuity. A policy of life insurance or annuity is not legally impaired or invalidated by the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment from an insured, notwithstanding any term to the contrary.
Source: SL 1991, ch 273, ยง 14.
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