South Dakota Codified Laws 34-51-1. Definitions
Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) “Advanced illness,” any progressive disease, medical, or surgical condition that entails significant functional impairment, that is not considered by a treating physician to be reversible even with administration of current federally approved and available treatments, and that without life sustaining procedures, would result in death;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-51-1
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(2) “Investigational drug, biological product, or device,” any drug, biological product, or device that has successfully completed phase 1 of a clinical trial but has not yet been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration and remains under investigation in a United States Food and Drug Administration approved clinical trial;
(3) “Physician,” any person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 36-4.
Source: SL 2015, ch 188, § 1.