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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 12D - LIVING WILLS
Section 34-12D-14 - Withdrawal or withholding of treatment neither suicide or homicide

S.D. Codified Laws § 34-12D-14

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Section 34-12D-14 - Withdrawal or withholding of treatment neither suicide or homicide

Death resulting from the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with this chapter does not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide on the part of the declarant or a homicide on the part of the attending physician or other health care providers.

SDCL 34-12D-14

SL 1991, ch 273, § 13; SL 2007, ch 193, §9.