34-23-7. Treatment facilities provided by prison officials--Prisoners required to undergo treatment.
The authorities of any state, county, or city prison are directed to make available to the health authorities such portion of any state, county, or city prison as may be necessary for a clinic or hospital wherein all persons who may be confined or imprisoned in any such prison and who are infected with venereal disease, and all such persons who are suffering with venereal disease at the time of the expiration of their term of imprisonment, and in case no other suitable place for isolation or quarantine is available, such other persons as may be isolated or quarantined under the provisions of this chapter shall be isolated and treated at public expense until cured. In lieu of such isolation any of such persons may in the discretion of the Department of Health be required to report for treatment to a licensed physician or submit to treatment provided at public expense.
Source: SL 1919, ch 284, §4; SDC 1939, §27.2404.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 23 - Venereal Diseases
Section 34-23-3 - Investigation of sources of infection--Repression of prostitution.
Section 34-23-4 - Infected persons required to submit to treatment--Isolation or quarantine.
Section 34-23-5 - Quarantine or isolation of infected person convicted of moral offense.
Section 34-23-6 - Examination and treatment of prisoners.
Section 34-23-8 - Service of criminal sentence not interfered with.
Section 34-23-10 - Blood sample and testing when pregnant woman not attended by physician.
Section 34-23-12 - Blood test during pregnancy noted on birth certificate--Result not stated.
Section 34-23-13 - Rules and regulations for venereal disease control.
Section 34-23-14 - Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 34-23-15 - Treatment of minors--Definition of terms.
Section 34-23-17 - Treatment of minors by health departments authorized.
Section 34-23-18 - Immunity of agencies treating minors--Liability for negligence.