The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists in the cases authorized by positive enactment of the Legislature of this state.
S.D. Codified Laws § 34-26-7
Dissection authorized by legislative enactment
Known as the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
The act spans §§ 34–34 (58 sections).
Source: PenC 1877, § 351, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 6552, subdiv 1; RPenC 1903, § 356, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 3870 (1); SDC 1939, § 27.1304 (1).
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.