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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons » Chapter 06 - Interstate Cooperation In Mental Health Services » Section 27A-6-5 – Consultation with family and county board before transfer of patient to another state.

27A-6-5. Consultation with family and county board before transfer of patient to another state.

The compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution of this state to an institution in another party state, to take no final action without approval of the county board of mental illness.

Source: SL 1959, ch 302, §5; SDC Supp 1960, §55.5805; SDCL, §27-19-5.