2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 12 - Care, Treatment, And Rights Of Patients With Mental Illness
Section 27A-12-34 - Notification to guardian or next of kin as to admission or commitment to, or discharge from, Human Services Center.
27A-12-34. Notification to guardian or next of kin as to admission or commitment to, or discharge from, Human Services Center.
If a person is admitted, involuntarily committed, or discharged from the Human Services Center, reasonable attempts shall be made to notify the person's legally appointed guardian. Upon obtaining consent to release information, reasonable attempts shall also be made to notify the person's next of kin. If the treating psychiatrist determines the person lacks the capacity to provide consent, the Human Services Center shall make reasonable attempts to notify the person's next of kin as to admission, or commitment to, or discharge from the Human Services Center, unless such notification is determined by the treating psychiatrist, with the input of the person's treatment team, to be detrimental to the person.
Source: SL 1992, ch 190, §5; SL 2000, ch 129, §17.
