{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-10-23","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 27A-10-23","heading":"Immunity from liability--Mobile crisis referral--Exception.","body":"Any law enforcement officer or authority, any qualified mental health professional in a clinic, hospital, or appropriate regional facility, or any clinic or hospital who in good faith transferred direct supervision of a person or direct engagement with a person to a mobile crisis team or a crisis intervention team certified law enforcement officer, is immune from any civil liability for the referral. Any member of a mobile crisis team or a crisis intervention team certified law enforcement officer, whose actions, in the engagement with a person or in the de-escalation, assessment, supervision, examination, or placement of a person in compliance with this section and §§ 27A-10-20 to 27A-10-22, inclusive, are taken in good faith, are immune from any civil liability for the engagement with the person or for the de-escalation, assessment, referral, supervision, examination, transfer, or placement of the person. The immunity from civil liability under this section and §§ 27A-10-20 to 27A-10-22, inclusive, does not apply if injury results from gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. Any law enforcement officer or authority who acts in compliance with subsection 27A-10-21(2)(b) and § 34-20A-57 is not criminally or civilly liable for the officer's or authority's actions.\nSource: SL 2010, ch 142, § 4; SL 2013, ch 122, § 6; SL 2020, ch 111, § 4, eff. Mar. 12, 2020; SL 2020, ch 115, § 1.","path":["TITLE 27A. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS","CHAPTER 27A-10. EMERGENCY COMMITMENT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/27A-10-23","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"eac7427aba55369ddce98f35fbece1fbab1596d6e72b25441cc0229cae5b121b","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-10-22","next":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-10-24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}