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SDCL § 27A-11A-21: Noncompliance with treatment order--Alternative treatment--Notice and right to counsel.

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  1. TITLE 27A. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
  2. CHAPTER 27A-11A. HEARINGS PROCEDURE

If the person ordered to undergo a program of treatment does not comply with the order, the board of mental illness shall conduct a hearing for the sole purpose of determining compliance or noncompliance, and if noncompliance is determined, the board may modify its original order and direct the person to undergo an alternative program of treatment consistent with the criteria in § 27A-10-9.1. At least five days' notice of the hearing shall be given to the person, and the person shall be represented by counsel.

Source: SL 1975, ch 181, § 91; SDCL Supp, § 27-7-19.1; SL 1991, ch 220, § 158; SDCL § 27A-9-28; SL 2012, ch 149, § 25.

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