It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, on complaint made to them that any person not an inhabitant of their county is lying sick therein or in distress, without friends or money, so that he is likely to suffer, to examine into the case of such person and grant such temporary relief as the nature of the case may require.
S.D. Codified Laws § 28-13-37
County duty to relieve nonresidents in distress
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Avera St. Mary's Hospital v. Sully County (2024)
Most recently applied in Avera St. Mary's Hospital v. Sully County (May 2024)
Source: SDC 1939, § 50.0105.
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