{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-15-1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 27A-15-1","heading":"Definition of terms.","body":"Terms used in this chapter mean:\n(1) \"Clinical evaluation,\" an evaluation of the minor to determine the appropriateness of admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility or continued inpatient treatment. The evaluation shall include a personal interview with the minor and parent, guardian, or other legal custodian, an examination of all relevant available records, a mental status examination of the minor, relevant social history information, and an examination of the medical, psychological, social, behavioral, educational, and developmental aspects of the minor's situation, including a full probe of the minor's background utilizing all relevant educational, treatment, and other public and private service provider sources;\n(2) \"Independent clinical evaluation,\" a clinical evaluation of the minor performed by a qualified mental health professional who:\n(a) Is not currently involved in the diagnosis, treatment, or provision of services to the minor;\n(b) Is not an employee of the facility to which admission of the minor is sought or to which the minor has been admitted; and\n(c) Will not receive monetary benefit by the minor's admission to or continued stay in an inpatient psychiatric facility;\n(3) \"Minor,\" a person under eighteen years of age except that for purposes of this title, the term does not include a person who is emancipated under Title 26 or who is married. Any person not included within this definition of minor shall come under this title's provisions which apply to adults;\n(4) \"Parent,\" a biological or adoptive parent who has legal custody of the minor, including either parent if the parents have joint legal custody;\n(5) \"Psychiatric evaluation,\" an examination conducted by a psychiatrist which includes the history of present illness, past history of medical and psychiatric illness, pertinent psychosocial history, and a mental status examination that enables the formulation of a diagnostic summary.\nSource: SL 1991, ch 220, § 291; SL 1994, ch 255, § 1; SL 2000, ch 129, § 18.","path":["TITLE 27A. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS","CHAPTER 27A-15. TREATMENT OF MINORS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/27A-15-1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"7d90c05f39d176306f60e73f9a33a188324657df6cb5dd30c50dedb5e2573b72","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-14-15","next":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-15-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}