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SDCL § 27B-3-45: Temporary detention of voluntary resident--Emergency commitment procedures.

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  1. TITLE 27B. DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
  2. CHAPTER 27B-3. STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS

A facility may temporarily detain a voluntarily admitted person with a developmental disability for twenty-four hours after the request for discharge to initiate emergency commitment procedures, pursuant to § 27B-7-38, if the person's interdisciplinary team determines that the person presents an immediate danger to self or others.

Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 47.

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