SDCL § 24-11B-3: Duties and powers of hearing panel.

The hearing panel:

(1) Shall engage in a confidential review of the prisoner's medical records;

(2) Shall receive a description of the proposed course of treatment for the involuntary feeding or hydration of the prisoner and testimony of the circumstances of the situation from the attending physician; and

(3) May ask for testimony or written statement concerning the circumstances of the prisoner's lack of nutrition or hydration.