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S.D. Codified Laws § 27A-12-26

Confidentiality of information acquired in course of providing mental health services

Source: SL 1975, ch 181, § 11; SDCL Supp, § 27-7-59; SL 1991, ch 220, §§ 228, 229; SL 1993, ch 213, § 126.

Information in the record of a person, and other information acquired in the course of providing mental health services to a person, shall be kept confidential and are not open to public inspection. The information may be disclosed outside the center, department, mental health program, or inpatient facility, whichever is the holder of the record, only if the holder of the records and the person, his parents if he is a minor or his guardian, consent or, in the absence of such consent, in the circumstances and under the conditions set forth in §§ 27A-12-25 to 27A-12-32, inclusive, and in conformity with federal law.

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