Any person who practices medicine, osteopathy, or any of the branches thereof without a license, certificate, or permit issued by the board is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who practices medicine, osteopathy, or any of the branches thereof without a license, certificate, or permit issued by the board and prescribes medicine in order to induce a medical abortion, as defined by § 36-4-48, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 36-4-8
Practice of medicine or medical abortion--Severity of crimes
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Fjerstad v. Knutson (1978)
Most recently applied in Fjerstad v. Knutson (October 1978)
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.9904; SL 1949, ch 106, § 16; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.9943; SL 1977, ch 190, § 140; SL 1985, ch 297, § 3; SL 2009, ch 178, § 1; SL 2022, ch 143, § 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.