27A-7-4. Board jurisdiction over commitment, treatment, and safekeeping of involuntarily committed persons.
The board of mental illness has jurisdiction over all applications or petitions for involuntary commitment, for the treatment of any involuntarily committed person, or for the safekeeping otherwise of any person subject to involuntary commitment within its county, except in cases otherwise specially provided for. The board may issue subpoenas and compel obedience to any subpoena, and do any act of a court necessary and proper in the premises for the purpose of discharging the duties required of it.
Source: SDC 1939, §30.0104; SDCL §27-6-5; SL 1991, ch 220, §41; SL 2012, ch 149, §9.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27A - Mentally Ill Persons
Chapter 07 - County Boards Of Mental Illness
Section 27A-7-2 - Oaths of office of board members.
Section 27A-7-3 - Temporary replacement of board members or alternates--Record of replacement.
Section 27A-7-3.1 - Conflict of interest--Procedure for removal of board member.
Section 27A-7-8 - Compensation, mileage, and expenses of board members.
Section 27A-7-9 - Training of board members.
Section 27A-7-10 - Board members immune from civil liability when acting in good faith--Exception.