This chapter does not affect the right of a patient to make decisions regarding the use of life-sustaining treatment, so long as the patient is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility that a person has to effect the withdrawal or withholding of medical care.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-12D-18
Patients able to make decisions regarding medical care--Effect upon rights
Source: SL 1991, ch 273, § 17.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.