Following adjudication of a child as a delinquent child, the court may order the child to be examined or treated by a physician or a qualified mental health professional or to receive other special care and may place the child in a hospital or other suitable facility for such purposes.

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Source: SL 1974, ch 179, § 7; SL 1991, ch 217, § 157B; SDCL, § 26-8-40.4.