Nothing in § 36-4-37 prevents a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter from destroying patient records which have become inactive or for which the whereabouts of the patient is no longer known to the physician.
S.D. Codified Laws § 36-4-38
Destruction of inactive patient records
Source: SL 1992, ch 265, § 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.