A health care provider need not participate in the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment. However, a health care provider electing for any reason not to participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment shall make a reasonable effort to locate and to transfer the declarant to a physician or health care provider willing to honor the declaration.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-12D-11
Withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment--Responsibilities of health care provider
Source: SL 1991, ch 273, § 11; SL 2007, ch 193, § 6.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.