South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20G-27. Cost reimbursement, permission to smoke or vape cannabis on property, permission to cultivate on rental property, permission to allow conduct related to medical cannabis in public buildings not required
Nothing in this chapter requires:
(1) A government medical assistance program or private health insurer, workers’ compensation insurance carrier, or self-insured employer providing workers’ compensation benefits, to reimburse a person for costs associated with the medical use of cannabis;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20G-27
- Medical use: includes the acquisition, administration, cultivation, manufacture, delivery, harvest, possession, preparation, transfer, transportation, or use of cannabis or paraphernalia relating to the administration of cannabis to treat or alleviate a registered qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition or symptom associated with the patient's debilitating medical condition. See South Dakota Codified Laws 34-20G-1
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(2) Any person or establishment in lawful possession of property to allow a guest, client, customer, or other visitor to smoke or vape cannabis on or in that property;
(3) A landlord to allow the cultivation of cannabis on the rental property; or
(4) A state or local government to allow any conduct otherwise permitted by this chapter within a building owned, leased, or occupied by the state or local government.
Source: Initiated Measure No. 26, approved Nov. 3, 2020, eff. Jul. 1, 2021; SL 2022, ch 124, § 1; SL 2022, ch 125, § 1.