2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 12 - Care, Treatment, And Rights Of Patients With Mental Illness
Section 27A-12-25 - Individual records required--Contents--Confidentiality.

27A-12-25. Individual records required--Contents--Confidentiality.

A complete statistical and medical record shall be kept current for each person receiving mental health services, or being otherwise detained under this title. The record shall include information pertinent to the services provided to the person, pertinent to the legal status of the recipient, required by this title or other provision of law, and required by rules or policies. The material in the record shall be confidential in accordance with the provisions of this title.

Source: SL 1975, ch 181, §9; SDCL Supp, §27-7-58; SL 1991, ch 220, §§225, 226.

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