S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-50-1

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 23A-50-1 - Definitions

Terms used in this chapter and § 23A-46-1 mean:

(1) "Mental health response team," a support team tasked with finding viable community resources to help persons with severe mental illness involved in the court system;

(2) "Psychiatric certification," a credential obtained by passing the psychiatric-mental health nursing board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center; and

(3) "Telehealth," a mode of delivering healthcare services that utilizes information and communication technologies to enable the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of patients at a distance from health care providers.

SDCL 23A-50-1

SL 2017, ch 109, §1; SL 2023, ch 79, §2.

Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 79,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2023.

Added by S.L. 2017, ch. 109,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2017.