Hospital service is meant to include the usual and customary service furnished by hospitals but nothing in this chapter shall authorize any person, association or corporation to engage, in any manner, in the practice of healing, or the practice of medicine, as defined by law.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-40-9

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 21, § 17.