S.D. Codified Laws § 34-8-12

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 34-8-12 - Rules governing admission to hospital-Reimbursement of county for cost of care-Costs paid from general fund

The board of county commissioners shall establish rules, not inconsistent with the laws of this state, covering the admission of persons to the county hospital provided for in § 34-8-1, and shall require every person admitted to such hospital to pay the county the cost of his care therein, all moneys so received to be credited to the county general fund. In the case of poor and indigent persons, the board shall pay the cost of the care of such persons out of the general fund.

SDCL 34-8-12

SL 1909, ch 265, §§ 2, 3; RC 1919, § 10046; SDC 1939, § 50.0108; SL 1985, ch 77, § 18.