Any adult who has the decisional capacity to provide informed consent to, or refusal of, medical treatment, or any other person who is, pursuant to § 34-12C-2 or 59-7-2.5 or other laws of this state, authorized to make medical treatment decisions on behalf of a person who lacks such decisional capacity, may execute an EMS cardiopulmonary resuscitation directive.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-12F-2
Execution of EMS cardiopulmonary resuscitation directive
Source: SL 2004, ch 226, § 2; SL 2005, ch 183, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.