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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 15 - Treatment Of Minors
Section 27A-15-3 - Separation of minors from adult patients.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 27A-15-3 (2021)
27A-15-3. Separation of minors from adult patients.
No minor, whether admitted by a parent or involuntarily committed, may be placed with adult patients if the inpatient psychiatric facility maintains a separate unit for minors. A minor may be admitted or committed to a facility which does not maintain a separate unit for minors only for acute treatment and evaluation and only for a period not to exceed seven working days. The facility shall provide separate sleeping quarters and separate day areas in which adult patients are not permitted. The facility shall provide a separate evaluation program of which specific guidelines are approved by the Department of Health.
Source: SL 1991, ch 220, ยง293; SL 1992, ch 194.
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