2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 10 - Emergency Commitment
Section 27A-10-9.5 - Transportation by law enforcement--Limit upon detention and nonconsensual medication.
27A-10-9.5. Transportation by law enforcement--Limit upon detention and nonconsensual medication.
The outpatient commitment order or treatment order constitutes a continuing authorization for law enforcement, upon request of the program director or the person's treating physician, to transport the person to the designated outpatient treatment program or to the treating physician's office for the purpose of making reasonable efforts to obtain the person's compliance with the requirements of the outpatient commitment or treatment order. However, no person may be detained at the program's or the physician's office for more than one hour unless the person consents, or may be physically coerced or required to take prescribed medications unless the outpatient commitment or treatment order contains a specific authorization for the nonconsensual delivery of prescribed medication, pursuant to §27A-12-3.15. If a person has been involuntarily medicated on an outpatient basis, the necessity of treatment with psychotropic medication shall be reviewed and approved under the provisions of §27A-12-3.16 and noted in the patient's medical record or chart.
Source: SL 2012, ch 149, §21.
