An accredited treatment facility may refuse a request of a competent patient, spouse, parent, sibling, adult child, or guardian to accept the patient for commitment to treatment.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20A-79

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.

Source: SL 1974, ch 240, § 12 (k); SL 1985, ch 277, § 29.

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