South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 22 - Contagious Disease Control
Section 34-22-9 - State-wide system for prevention, control, and treatment of communicable disease--Promulgation of rules.

34-22-9. State-wide system for prevention, control, and treatment of communicable disease--Promulgation of rules.
The department shall establish and direct the operations of a state-wide system for communicable disease prevention, control, and treatment. The department may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to:
(1)Conduct communicable disease surveillance which includes detection, assessment, and analysis;
(2)Prescribe criteria for communicable disease case definitions;
(3)Prescribe procedures for communicable disease case and contact notification, referral, and management;
(4)Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of communicable disease;
(5)Prescribe methods and procedures for the control of communicable disease patients and carriers, including the monitoring, quarantine, and isolation of any patient or carrier;
(6)Prescribe medical and posttreatment supervision measures for communicable disease patients and carriers;
(7)Prescribe methods and procedures for the prevention and control of occupationally-related communicable diseases; and
(8)Prescribe procedures for infection prevention measures for communicable disease control and prevention.

Source: SL 1963, ch 380, §5 (1); SL 1992, ch 246; SL 2015, ch 181, §7.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

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.