If involuntary feeding or hydration of a prisoner exceeds ten days, a physician who is not the attending physician shall review the prisoner’s current case and at subsequent intervals not to exceed three days, make a written determination whether the involuntary feeding or hydration shall be continued. The physician’s written determination shall be provided to the attending physician, the supervisor of the jail or prison warden, and the prisoner.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 24-11B-6

  • 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

Source: SL 2005, ch 131, § 6.

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