{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-8-19","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 27A-8-19","heading":"Substituted informed consent by next of kin--Court hearing.","body":"The person's next of kin may exercise a substituted informed consent in accordance with the requirements in § 27A-8-15 for the sole purpose of admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility or the center. Upon the exercise of such a substituted informed consent, the facility director or center administrator may admit the person as a voluntary patient for a period not to exceed fourteen days if the criteria in subdivisions 27A-8-1(1) to (3), inclusive, and (5), are met. During the fourteen-day admission period, the consenting next of kin may file a petition in circuit court for an order authorizing the appointment of the petitioner as guardian of the person for continuing the admission. If a petition is timely filed, admission of a nonobjecting person may continue until the court hearing. If a petition is not filed, the person shall be discharged upon the expiration of the fourteen-day admission period.\nSource: SL 1992, ch 190, § 4B; SL 2012, ch 149, § 16.","path":["TITLE 27A. MENTALLY ILL PERSONS","CHAPTER 27A-8. VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION OF PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/27A-8-19","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"386d402839f1d5514117c1ca9e49a8989ab3128daca0778be458d5ac959d729c","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-8-18.1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-27a-10-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}