Upon receiving a written request or an authorization for release of a medical record, signed by a patient, a health care provider or medical records company shall provide a copy of the patient’s medical record, if available, to the patient or to any person duly authorized by the patient to receive the record.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-2-16.2

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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 2023, ch 134, § 2.