Medical or mental health care for child

Following adjudication of a child as a child in need of supervision, the court may order the child to be examined or treated by a physician or qualified mental health professional or to receive other special care and may place the child in a hospital or other suitable facility for such purposes. Source: SL 1974, ch 179 , § 7; SL 1991, ch 217 , § 145B; SDCL, § 26-8-40.4.