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Section 34-23A-1 - Definition of terms. - 34-23A-1. Definition of terms. Terms used in this chapter mean:...
Section 34-23A-1.1 - Attempt to perform abortion defined. - 34-23A-1.1. Attempt to perform abortion defined. For the purposes of...
Section 34-23A-1.2 - Legislative findings--Termination of life. - 34-23A-1.2. Legislative findings--Termination of life. The Legislature finds that all...
Section 34-23A-1.3 - Legislative findings--Relationship between pregnant woman and unborn child. - 34-23A-1.3. Legislative findings--Relationship between pregnant woman and unborn child. The...
Section 34-23A-1.4 - Legislative findings--Risks to life and health of pregnant woman. - 34-23A-1.4. Legislative findings--Risks to life and health of pregnant woman....
Section 34-23A-1.5 - Legislative findings--Special protection of rights of pregnant women. - 34-23A-1.5. Legislative findings--Special protection of rights of pregnant women. The...
Section 34-23A-1.6 - Legislative findings--Standard of practice requiring informed consent. - 34-23A-1.6. Legislative findings--Standard of practice requiring informed consent. The Legislature...
Section 34-23A-1.7 - Common law cause of action for medical malpractice informed consent claims based on reasonable patient standard reaffirmed--Application to abortion procedures--Construction. - 34-23A-1.7. Common law cause of action for medical malpractice informed...
Section 34-23A-2 - Abortion lawful only under specified conditions. - 34-23A-2. Abortion lawful only under specified conditions. An abortion may...
Section 34-23A-2.1 - Physician to inform in case of medical emergency. - 34-23A-2.1. Physician to inform in case of medical emergency. If...
Section 34-23A-3 - Abortion during first twelve weeks of pregnancy. - 34-23A-3. Abortion during first twelve weeks of pregnancy. An abortion...
Section 34-23A-4 - Abortion following twelfth week of pregnancy through twenty-second week of pregnancy. - 34-23A-4. Abortion following twelfth week of pregnancy through twenty-second week...
Section 34-23A-5 - Abortion following twenty-second week of pregnancy. - 34-23A-5. Abortion following twenty-second week of pregnancy. An abortion may...
Section 34-23A-6 - Blood supply and testing facilities to be available during abortion--Inoculations required. - 34-23A-6. Blood supply and testing facilities to be available during...
Section 34-23A-7 - Forty-eight hour notice to parent or guardian for minor or incompetent female--Delivery of notice--Exceptions. - 34-23A-7. Forty-eight hour notice to parent or guardian for minor...
Section 34-23A-7.1 - Abortion without notification--Participation and representation of female--Confidentiality--Appeal of denial. - 34-23A-7.1. Abortion without notification--Participation and representation of female--Confidentiality--Appeal of denial....
Section 34-23A-10.1 - Voluntary and informed consent required--Medical emergency exception--Information provided. - 34-23A-10.1. Voluntary and informed consent required--Medical emergency exception--Information provided. No...
Section 34-23A-10.2 - Statement of informed consent--Misdemeanor--Report of physician's conviction--Female not penalized. - 34-23A-10.2. Statement of informed consent--Misdemeanor--Report of physician's conviction--Female not penalized....
Section 34-23A-10.3 - Publication of educational materials. - 34-23A-10.3. Publication of educational materials. The health department shall publish,...
Section 34-23A-10.4 - Department of Health to develop and maintain multi-media website--Contents--Collection of related statistics. - 34-23A-10.4. Department of Health to develop and maintain multi-media website--Contents--Collection...
Section 34-23A-10.5 - Form required by 34-23A-10.1(1) to be prescribed by department. - 34-23A-10.5. Form required by 34-23A-10.1(1) to be prescribed by department....
Section 34-23A-11 - Counselor or social worker not liable for arranging abortion--Retaliation from employer prohibited. - 34-23A-11. Counselor or social worker not liable for arranging abortion--Retaliation...
Section 34-23A-12 - No liability for refusal to perform abortion. - 34-23A-12. No liability for refusal to perform abortion. No physician,...
Section 34-23A-13 - Medical facility not to discriminate for performance or refusal to perform abortion. - 34-23A-13. Medical facility not to discriminate for performance or refusal...
Section 34-23A-14 - Hospital not required to perform abortions--No liability for refusal of abortion as policy. - 34-23A-14. Hospital not required to perform abortions--No liability for refusal...
Section 34-23A-16 - Birth certificate for live birth resulting from abortion--Death certificate on subsequent death. - 34-23A-16. Birth certificate for live birth resulting from abortion--Death certificate...
Section 34-23A-16.1 - Child born alive--Preservation of life and health. - 34-23A-16.1. Child born alive--Preservation of life and health. The same...
Section 34-23A-16.2 - Abortion--Child born alive--Civil and disciplinary action. - 34-23A-16.2. Abortion--Child born alive--Civil and disciplinary action. In addition to...
Section 34-23A-17 - Use of fetal tissue, organs, or body parts for research or transplantation prohibited--Exceptions--Violation as felony. - 34-23A-17. Use of fetal tissue, organs, or body parts for...
Section 34-23A-18 - Abortion as evidence in proceedings to terminate parental rights or to adjudicate dependency of child. - 34-23A-18. Abortion as evidence in proceedings to terminate parental rights...
Section 34-23A-19 - Performance of abortion--Required reports--Rules. - 34-23A-19. Performance of abortion--Required reports--Rules. Any facility or physician performing...
Section 34-23A-20 - Severability of provisions. - 34-23A-20. Severability of provisions. If any part or provision of...
Section 34-23A-21 - Construction of chapter. - 34-23A-21. Construction of chapter. Nothing in this chapter may be...
Section 34-23A-22 - Cause of action for certain abortions--Amount of damages--Attorney's fees. - 34-23A-22. Cause of action for certain abortions--Amount of damages--Attorney's fees....
Section 34-23A-23 - Anonymity of female plaintiff--Specific written findings. - 34-23A-23. Anonymity of female plaintiff--Specific written findings. In every civil...
Section 34-23A-24 - Analyses of maternal mortality. - 34-23A-24. Analyses of maternal mortality. The Department of Health shall...
Section 34-23A-25 - Analyses of pregnancy outcomes. - 34-23A-25. Analyses of pregnancy outcomes. The department may collect data...
Section 34-23A-26 - Publication of findings on maternal mortality and pregnancy outcomes. - 34-23A-26. Publication of findings on maternal mortality and pregnancy outcomes....
Section 34-23A-27 - Partial-birth abortion prohibited--Violation a felony. - 34-23A-27. Partial-birth abortion prohibited--Violation a felony. No person may perform...
Section 34-23A-28 - Application of partial-birth abortion prohibition. - 34-23A-28. Application of partial-birth abortion prohibition. The provisions of §§34-23A-27...
Section 34-23A-29 - Civil action for death of fetus or infant in partial-birth abortion. - 34-23A-29. Civil action for death of fetus or infant in...
Section 34-23A-30 - Money damages in partial-birth abortion. - 34-23A-30. Money damages in partial-birth abortion. Civil relief pursuant to...
Section 34-23A-31 - Prosecution of woman upon whom partial-birth abortion performed. - 34-23A-31. Prosecution of woman upon whom partial-birth abortion performed. No...
Section 34-23A-32 - Partial-birth abortion defined. - 34-23A-32. Partial-birth abortion defined. For the purposes of §§34-23A-27 to...
Section 34-23A-33 - Fetus and infant defined. - 34-23A-33. Fetus and infant defined. For the purposes of §§34-23A-27...
Section 34-23A-34 - Physician's reporting form--Contents. - 34-23A-34. Physician's reporting form--Contents. The Department of Health shall prepare...
Section 34-23A-35 - Submission of physician's information report. - 34-23A-35. Submission of physician's information report. By January fifteenth of...
Section 34-23A-36 - Annual public report--Information included. - 34-23A-36. Annual public report--Information included. The department shall issue a...
Section 34-23A-37 - Information collection form. - 34-23A-37. Information collection form. The Department of Health shall prepare...
Section 34-23A-38 - Submission of information collection form. - 34-23A-38. Submission of information collection form. By February twenty-eighth of...
Section 34-23A-39 - Reporting form for use of notice described in § 34-23A-7. - 34-23A-39. Reporting form for use of notice described in §34-23A-7....
Section 34-23A-40 - Submission of reporting form. - 34-23A-40. Submission of reporting form. By February twenty-eighth of each...
Section 34-23A-41 - Penalty for failure to submit reporting form. - 34-23A-41. Penalty for failure to submit reporting form. Any physician...
Section 34-23A-42 - Failure to submit reporting form a misdemeanor. - 34-23A-42. Failure to submit reporting form a misdemeanor. Any person...
Section 34-23A-43 - Department to ensure compliance--Inspection. - 34-23A-43. Department to ensure compliance--Inspection. The department shall ensure compliance...
Section 34-23A-44 - Department to ensure anonymity--Confidentiality of communication. - 34-23A-44. Department to ensure anonymity--Confidentiality of communication. No report made...
Section 34-23A-45 - "Induced abortion" defined. - 34-23A-45. "Induced abortion" defined. For purposes of §§34-23A-34 to 34-23A-45,...
Section 34-23A-46 - Licensing of abortion facilities. - 34-23A-46. Licensing of abortion facilities. Except as provided by §34-23A-47,...
Section 34-23A-47 - Exceptions to abortion facility license requirement. - 34-23A-47. Exceptions to abortion facility license requirement. The following facilities...
Section 34-23A-48 - Application for abortion facility license--Contents--Fee--Inspection and investigation--Renewal. - 34-23A-48. Application for abortion facility license--Contents--Fee--Inspection and investigation--Renewal. An applicant...
Section 34-23A-49 - Compliance inspections. - 34-23A-49. Compliance inspections. The department may inspect an abortion facility...
Section 34-23A-49.1 - Inspection information to be posted on department's public website. - 34-23A-49.1. Inspection information to be posted on department's public website....
Section 34-23A-50 - Fees to be deposited in abortion facility licensing fund. - 34-23A-50. Fees to be deposited in abortion facility licensing fund....
Section 34-23A-51 - Promulgation of rules--Minimum standards for abortion facilities. - 34-23A-51. Promulgation of rules--Minimum standards for abortion facilities. The department...
Section 34-23A-52 - Opportunity to view sonogram and hear child's heartbeat--Documentation of response to offer. - 34-23A-52. Opportunity to view sonogram and hear child's heartbeat--Documentation of...
Section 34-23A-52.1 - Medical emergency exception. - 34-23A-52.1. Medical emergency exception. The provisions of §34-23A-52 do not...
Section 34-23A-53 - Definition of terms. - 34-23A-53. Definition of terms. Terms as used in §§34-23A-53 to...
Section 34-23A-54 - Legislative findings. - 34-23A-54. Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that as abortion medicine...
Section 34-23A-55 - Duties of physician in addition to common law. - 34-23A-55. Duties of physician in addition to common law. The...
Section 34-23A-56 - Scheduling of abortion--Prior requirements. - 34-23A-56. Scheduling of abortion--Prior requirements. No surgical or medical abortion...
Section 34-23A-57 - Patient's written signed statement. - 34-23A-57. Patient's written signed statement. On the day on which...
Section 34-23A-58 - Registry of pregnancy help centers. - 34-23A-58. Registry of pregnancy help centers. The Department of Health...
Section 34-23A-58.1 - Certification of conditions by pregnancy help centers. - 34-23A-58.1. Certification of conditions by pregnancy help centers. On or...
Section 34-23A-58.2 - Pregnancy help centers placed on registry before January 1, 2012. - 34-23A-58.2. Pregnancy help centers placed on registry before January 1,...
Section 34-23A-58.3 - Pregnancy help centers placed on registry after January 1, 2012. - 34-23A-58.3. Pregnancy help centers placed on registry after January 1,...
Section 34-23A-58.4 - Registry may not include entities licensed to place children for adoption or perform abortions--List of licensed persons who provide counseling--Removal from registry for failure to comply. - 34-23A-58.4. Registry may not include entities licensed to place children...
Section 34-23A-59 - Pregnancy help center consultations. - 34-23A-59. Pregnancy help center consultations. A pregnancy help center consultation...
Section 34-23A-59.1 - Licensed professionals required at pregnancy help centers. - 34-23A-59.1. Licensed professionals required at pregnancy help centers. Any pregnancy...
Section 34-23A-59.2 - Release of confidential information as misdemeanor. - 34-23A-59.2. Release of confidential information as misdemeanor. Any person who...
Section 34-23A-60 - Civil action for failure to comply with §§ 34-23A-56 and 34-23A-57. - 34-23A-60. Civil action for failure to comply with §§34-23A-56 and...
Section 34-23A-61 - Civil action for failure to comply with chapter. - 34-23A-61. Civil action for failure to comply with chapter. In...
Section 34-23A-62 - Repeal not implied. - 34-23A-62. Repeal not implied. Nothing in §§34-23A-53 to 34-23A-62, inclusive,...
Section 34-23A-63 - Definitions regarding sex-selective abortions. - 34-23A-63. Definitions regarding sex-selective abortions. Terms as used in this...
Section 34-23A-64 - Sex-selective abortions prohibited--Felony. - 34-23A-64. Sex-selective abortions prohibited--Felony. No person may knowingly or in...
Section 34-23A-65 - Repeal not implied. - 34-23A-65. Repeal not implied. Nothing in subdivision 34-23A-10.1(3), 34-23A-34(22), or...
Section 34-23A-67 - Legislative findings as to unborn child capable of experiencing pain. - 34-23A-67. Legislative findings as to unborn child capable of experiencing...
Section 34-23A-68 - Definitions regarding unborn child capable of experiencing pain. - 34-23A-68. Definitions regarding unborn child capable of experiencing pain. Terms...
Section 34-23A-69 - Abortion of unborn child capable of feeling pain prohibited--Felony--Exceptions. - 34-23A-69. Abortion of unborn child capable of feeling pain prohibited--Felony--Exceptions....
Section 34-23A-70 - Time when unborn child capable of feeling pain--Diagnosis of post-fertilization age of unborn child. - 34-23A-70. Time when unborn child capable of feeling pain--Diagnosis of...
Section 34-23A-71 - Intent of pregnant mother to inflict self-harm not medical emergency. - 34-23A-71. Intent of pregnant mother to inflict self-harm not medical...
Section 34-23A-72 - Requirements when abortion of unborn child capable of feeling pain necessary due to medical emergency. - 34-23A-72. Requirements when abortion of unborn child capable of feeling...
Section 34-23A-73 - Repeal not implied. - 34-23A-73. Repeal not implied. Nothing in SL 2016, ch 180...
Section 34-23A-74 - Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls performs ninety-eight percent of abortions. - 34-23A-74. Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls...
Section 34-23A-75 - Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls does not comply with subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(b) and (e)(ii). - 34-23A-75. Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls...
Section 34-23A-76 - Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls provides written disclosures that include certain statement. - 34-23A-76. Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls...
Section 34-23A-77 - Legislative finding that statement in § 34-23A-76 does not comply with subsection 34-23A-10.1(1)(e)(ii). - 34-23A-77. Legislative finding that statement in §34-23A-76 does not comply...
Section 34-23A-78 - Legislative finding regarding noncompliance with subsection 34-23A-10.1(1)(e)(ii). - 34-23A-78. Legislative finding regarding noncompliance with subsection 34-23A-10.1(1)(e)(ii). The Legislature...
Section 34-23A-79 - Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls provides written disclosures that include certain statement. - 34-23A-79. Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls...
Section 34-23A-80 - Legislative finding that statement in §34-23A-79 does not comply with subsection 34-23A-10.1(1)(b). - 34-23A-80. Legislative finding that statement in §34-23A-79 does not comply...
Section 34-23A-81 - Legislative finding regarding noncompliance with subsection 34-23A-10.1(1)(b). - 34-23A-81. Legislative finding regarding noncompliance with subsection 34-23A-10.1(1)(b). The Legislature...
Section 34-23A-82 - Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls does not comply with subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(c) and (d). - 34-23A-82. Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls...
Section 34-23A-83 - Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls provides written disclosures that include certain statement. - 34-23A-83. Legislative finding that Planned Parenthood facility in Sioux Falls...
Section 34-23A-84 - Legislative finding that statement in §34-23A-83 fails to adequately provide, explain, or discuss disclosures required by subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(c) and (d). - 34-23A-84. Legislative finding that statement in §34-23A-83 fails to adequately...
Section 34-23A-85 - Legislative finding regarding noncompliance with subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(c) and (d). - 34-23A-85. Legislative finding regarding noncompliance with subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(c) and (d)....
Section 34-23A-86 - Legislative finding regarding pregnant mother's appreciation and understanding of disclosures required by subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(b), (c) and (d). - 34-23A-86. Legislative finding regarding pregnant mother's appreciation and understanding of...
Section 34-23A-87 - Legislative finding regarding phrase "politicians in the State of South Dakota require us to tell you that...". - 34-23A-87. Legislative finding regarding phrase "politicians in the State of...
Section 34-23A-88 - Legislative finding regarding inclusion of disclosures required by subsections 34-23A-10.1(1)(b), (c), and (d) in counseling provided by registered pregnancy help centers. - 34-23A-88. Legislative finding regarding inclusion of disclosures required by subsections...
Section 34-23A-89 - Definition--Down syndrome. - 34-23A-89. Definition--Down syndrome. For purposes of §§ 34-23A-89 to 34-23A-93,...
Section 34-23A-90 - Down syndrome--Abortion prohibited--Penalty. - 34-23A-90. Down syndrome--Abortion prohibited--Penalty. No person may perform or attempt...
Section 34-23A-91 - Intentional, knowing, or negligent failure to comply--Civil action. - 34-23A-91. Intentional, knowing, or negligent failure to comply--Civil action. Where...
Section 34-23A-92 - Exemptions to save life of the mother. - 34-23A-92. Exemptions to save life of the mother. The provisions...
Section 34-23A-93 - Nonrepealer clause. - 34-23A-93. Nonrepealer clause. Nothing in §§34-23A-89 to 34-23A-93, inclusive, repeals,...