SDCL § 21-25B-17: Refusal to serve as panel member or arbitration officer--Withdrawal after agreement to serve.

Any individual who is selected as a member of any health care services arbitration panel or as an arbitration officer may, without cause, refuse to serve. However, once he has agreed to serve he cannot then refuse to serve unless his withdrawal is agreed to by all parties to the controversy or his withdrawal is approved by the presiding judge of the circuit court.