The hearing panel:

(1) Shall engage in a confidential review of the prisoner’s medical records;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 24-11B-3

  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) Shall receive a description of the proposed course of treatment for the involuntary feeding or hydration of the prisoner and testimony of the circumstances of the situation from the attending physician; and

(3) May ask for testimony or written statement concerning the circumstances of the prisoner’s lack of nutrition or hydration.

Source: SL 2005, ch 131, § 3.