Destruction of inactive patient records

SDCL § 36-4-38 — under PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

SDCL § 36-4-38

Nothing in § 36-4-37 prevents a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter from destroying patient records which have become inactive or for which the whereabouts of the patient is no longer known to the physician. Source: SL 1992, ch 265 , § 2.