Title 34, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

For purposes of §§ 34-14-16 to 34-14-20 , inclusive, the term, nontherapeutic research, means research that is not intended to help preserve the life and health of the particular embryo subjected to risk. It does not include in vitro fertilization and accompanying embryo transfer…

For purposes of §§ 34-14-16 to 34-14-20 , inclusive, the term, human embryo, means a living organism of the species Homo sapiens at the earliest stages of development (including the single - celled stage) that is not located in a woman's body. Source: SL 2000, ch 169 , § 5. 34-14…

34-14-23 Person to be tested to receive copy of signed consent form--Original signed form to be filed in medical records. 34-14-24 Tests performed in pursuance of criminal investigation or court order not affected. 34-14-25 Genetic testing to be performed by accredited laboratory…

No person may order or perform a predictive genetic test without first obtaining the written, informed consent of the person to be tested. For purposes of this section, written, informed consent consists of a signed writing executed by the person to be tested or the legally autho…

If a person to be tested or the person's legally authorized representative signs a copy of the informed consent form developed pursuant to § 34-14-22 , the person obtaining the informed consent shall give the person to be tested a copy of the signed informed consent form and shal…

Nothing in §§ 34-14-21 to 34-14-24 , inclusive, or § 34-14-25 , alters the ability to perform genetic tests done in pursuance of a lawful criminal investigation or court order. Source: SL 2001, ch 184 , § 4; SL 2002, ch 166 , § 2.

If a genetic test, as defined in § 34-14-21 , is required or authorized by state law, or performed in the state, the test shall be performed in a laboratory accredited by the College of American Pathologists, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, or a…

Terms used in §§ 34-14-26 to 34-14-28 , inclusive, mean: (1) "Human cloning," human asexual reproduction accomplished by introducing the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been removed or inactivated to produce a li…

No person or entity, public or private, may: (1) Perform or attempt to perform human cloning; (2) Participate in an attempt to perform human cloning; (3) Transfer or receive the product of human cloning; or (4) Transfer or receive, in whole or in part, any oocyte, embryo, fetus, …

Nothing in §§ 34-14-26 to 34-14-28 , inclusive, restricts areas of scientific research not specifically prohibited by §§ 34-14-26 to 34-14-28 , inclusive, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid, ce…

It is a Class 1 misdemeanor to disclose any information, records, reports, statements, notes, memoranda, or other data obtained for or contained in any medical study for the purpose of reducing morbidity or mortality, except that necessary for the purpose of the specific study. S…

The furnishing of information described in § 34-14-1 in the course of a research project to the Department of Health, South Dakota State Medical Association, or allied medical societies or their authorized representatives, shall not subject any person, hospital, sanitarium, nursi…

No patient, or patient's relatives, or patient's friends named in any medical study, shall be interviewed for the purpose of such study unless consent of the attending physician and surgeon is first obtained. Source: SL 1959, ch 134 , § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.0117.

The public health and welfare depend on the humane use of animals for the diagnosis and treatment of human and animal diseases, the advancement of veterinary, dental, medical, and biological sciences, and the testing and diagnosis, improvement, and standardization of laboratory s…