{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-34-12d-18","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 34-12D-18","heading":"Patients able to make decisions regarding medical care--Effect upon rights.","body":"This chapter does not affect the right of a patient to make decisions regarding the use of life-sustaining treatment, so long as the patient is able to do so, or impair or supersede a right or responsibility that a person has to effect the withdrawal or withholding of medical care.","path":["TITLE 34. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 34-12D. LIVING WILLS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/34-12D-18","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"6accb70a81ba3d74424d310ecdb9539293fe8a2ef83301e3d4d9d222e89bc22e","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-34-12d-17","next":"us-sd/sdcl-34-12d-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}