{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-34-24-34","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 34-24-34","heading":"Prohibited medical interventions--Intent--Actions.","body":"Except as provided in § 34-24-35, a healthcare professional may not, for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or to validate a minor's perception of, the minor’s sex, if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor's sex, knowingly:\n(1) Prescribe or administer any drug to delay or stop normal puberty;\n(2) Prescribe or administer testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone, in amounts greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the same age and sex;\n(3) Perform any sterilizing surgery, including castration, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, penectomy, and vasectomy;\n(4) Perform any surgery that artificially constructs tissue having the appearance of genitalia differing from the minor's sex, including metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty; or\n(5) Remove any healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue.","path":["TITLE 34. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 34-24. CHILD HEALTH"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/34-24-34","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"6e10599e1e1e084a25dc4585faefd7a4e692b12f6902735e8169786d147952af","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-34-24-33","next":"us-sd/sdcl-34-24-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}