It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any person engaged in the provision of public services, by reason of race, color, creed, religion, sex, ancestry, disability, or national origin, to fail or refuse to provide to any person access to the use of and benefit thereof, or to provide adverse or unequal treatment to any person in connection therewith.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-13-24
Public services--Unfair or discriminatory practices
Known as the South Dakota Human Relations Act
The act spans §§ 20–20 (84 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wernke v. State, Department of Social Services (1999)
Most recently applied in Wernke v. State, Department of Social Services (March 1999)
Source: SL 1972, ch 11, § 9(2); SL 1986, ch 170, § 20.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.