South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 22 - Contagious Disease Control
Section 34-22-11.2 - Specific health services.

34-22-11.2. Specific health services.
The term, specific health services, as it relates to §34-22-11.1 shall include the following:
(1)Application of intradermal skin tests for the purpose of determining the presence of tuberculosis;
(2)Venipuncture for the purpose of drawing blood for laboratory examinations to determine the presence of current or past disease infection;
(3)Administration of vaccines or other prophylactic agents, either orally or parenterally, for the purpose of communicable disease control; and
(4)The gathering of specimens through nonsurgical procedures for the purpose of laboratory examination to determine the presence of bacteria, viruses, or other agents of communicable disease.

Source: SL 1977, ch 289, §2; SL 1986, ch 27, §34; SL 2015, ch 181, §9.

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South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 34 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 22 - Contagious Disease Control

Section 34-22-1 - Definitions.

Section 34-22-1.1 - State system of quarantine--Inspection and isolation of conveyances of common carriers.

Section 34-22-5 - Exposure of self or others to communicable disease as misdemeanor.

Section 34-22-6 - Compelling vaccination as misdemeanor.

Section 34-22-9 - State-wide system for prevention, control, and treatment of communicable disease--Promulgation of rules.

Section 34-22-10 - Laboratory and radiological services provided by department.

Section 34-22-11 - Screening and testing for communicable disease.

Section 34-22-11.1 - Approved medically accepted procedures required for performance of specific health services.

Section 34-22-11.2 - Specific health services.

Section 34-22-12 - Mandatory communicable disease reports from physicians, laboratories, and institutions--State tuberculosis register--Surveillance and control--Adoption of rules.

Section 34-22-12.1 - Confidentiality of reports--Exceptions.

Section 34-22-12.2 - Violation of confidentiality as misdemeanor.

Section 34-22-12.3 - Effect of good faith reporting.

Section 34-22-12.4 - Compliance with reporting requirements--Liability.

Section 34-22-12.5 - Sharing of immunization records permitted unless signed refusal in medical record--Violation as a misdemeanor.

Section 34-22-13 - Consultation with physicians and institutions.

Section 34-22-14 - Enforcement of regulations for control of communicable diseases.

Section 34-22-17 - Communicable disease control supervised by department--Program applied statewide.

Section 34-22-18 - Refusal to accept diagnosis or treatment or to follow directives as misdemeanor.

Section 34-22-18.1 - Action for injunction to enforce department directive or order--Confidential information.

Section 34-22-23 - Inspection of records of hospital or laboratory by secretary.

Section 34-22-25 - Health officer or physician to report information on person with dangerous communicable disease.

Section 34-22-41 - "Public health emergency" defined.

Section 34-22-42 - Secretary may declare public health emergency--Contents of order.

Section 34-22-43 - Department primarily responsible for public health emergency response--Scope of authority--Promulgation of rules.

Section 34-22-44 - Termination of declared emergency--Renewal.

Section 34-22-44.1 - Definition of statewide emergency registry volunteer.

Section 34-22-44.2 - Statewide emergency registry volunteers--Immunity from civil liability.

Section 34-22-45 - (Section effective on the date federal funding received for administering vaccinations for first responders.) Voluntary vaccination program for first responders--Exposure to infectious diseases at disaster locations.