Following adjudication of a child as a delinquent child, the court may order the child to be examined or treated by a physician or a qualified mental health professional or to receive other special care and may place the child in a hospital or other suitable facility for such purposes.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-8C-6
Court-ordered physical or mental health care for child
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Interest of Y.C. (1997)
Most recently applied in Interest of Y.C. (November 1997)
Source: SL 1974, ch 179, § 7; SL 1991, ch 217, § 157B; SDCL, § 26-8-40.4.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.