Nothing in this chapter precludes a hospital and a county from entering into a reasonable and suitable arrangement, contract, or agreement for hospitalization of medically indigent persons at other rates than provided under this chapter, or abrogates or impairs any rights or remedies of either the county or the hospital under any such arrangement, contract, or agreement.
S.D. Codified Laws § 28-13-36
Contractual arrangements between county and hospital not impaired
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sioux Valley Hospital Ass'n v. Bryan (1987)
Most recently applied in Sioux Valley Hospital Ass'n v. Bryan (January 1987)
Source: SL 1953, ch 131, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.12B05; SL 1997, ch 170, § 19.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.