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2020 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 24 - Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole
Chapter 11B - Prisoner Involuntary Feeding and Hydration
Section 24-11B-8 - Liability for involuntary feeding or hydration of prisoner.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 24-11B-8 (2020)
24-11B-8. Liability for involuntary feeding or hydration of prisoner.
No person who serves on the hearing panel, who is the attending physician, who is the supervisor of the jail or prison warden, or who orders or participates in the involuntarily feeding or hydrating of a prisoner may be held civilly or criminally liable for the involuntarily feeding or hydrating of a prisoner pursuant to this chapter if the person performs these duties in good faith and in a reasonable manner according to generally accepted medical or other professional practices.
Source: SL 2005, ch 131, ยง8.
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