27A-10-19. Twenty-four hour hold of severely mentally ill person permitted--Notice to county board.
If any person presents to a facility licensed by the state as a hospital, other than the Human Services Center, and after an examination by a qualified mental health professional it is determined that the person is severely mentally ill and in such condition that immediate intervention is necessary to protect the person from physical harm to self or others, the qualified mental health professional may initiate a twenty-four hour hold on the person and retain the person at the hospital for purposes of observation and emergency treatment. The hospital or the qualified mental health professional shall notify the chair of the county board of mental illness of the twenty-four hour hold. The qualified mental health professional shall petition for commitment of the person according to §§27A-10-1 and 27A-10-4. The person shall be afforded rights according to §27A-10-5. If a petition for emergency commitment pursuant to §27A-10-1 is not filed within twenty-four hours, the person shall be released.
Source: SL 1999, ch 139, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 10 - Emergency Commitment
Section 27A-10-1.1 - Center as appropriate regional facility in certain circumstances.
Section 27A-10-4 - Petition on person apprehended.
Section 27A-10-6 - Examination of person detained--Report to chair--Expenses of examination.
Section 27A-10-7.1 - Chairman to make final determination where person voluntarily admits himself.
Section 27A-10-7.2 - Refusal of prehearing admission.
Section 27A-10-8 - Time limit for involuntary commitment hearing--Payment of expenses.
Section 27A-10-9.3 - Least restrictive treatment alternative.
Section 27A-10-15 - Additional review hearings.
Section 27A-10-16 - Emergency apprehension--Evaluation by designated mental health professional.
Section 27A-10-20 - Definition of terms related to crisis referral and placement.
Section 27A-10-22 - Discretion of law enforcement officer to arrest--Priority given to placement.
Section 27A-10-23 - Immunity from liability--Mobile crisis referral--Exception.