Title 34 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Every person who intentionally commits any act which grossly endangers the public health is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: PenC 1877, § 742; CL 1887, § 6934; RPenC 1903, § 768; RC 1919, § 4381; SDC 1939, § 13.1501; SL 1977, ch 190 , § 27.

In any county not wholly organized into civil townships the superintendent of the county board of health shall perform all of the duties of the township supervisor within such unorganized territory in respect to dead, putrid, or decaying bodies of any animals, and all expenses in…

If the owner of a dead animal or the township supervisor fails to act as provided in § 34-16-17 within two days after the knowledge of the fact that the dead animal exists, the superintendent of the county board of health shall forthwith cause the body of the dead animal to be bu…

Whenever any such dead body shall be buried or burned by order of the superintendent of the county board of health, such superintendent shall at once inform the state's attorney of the fact of such burning or burial, and the costs and expenses of the same and the giving of notice…

Whenever the owner and the person in charge of any unburied dead animal shall fail to burn or bury or cause the same to be burned or buried, or otherwise dispose of such body or cause the same to be buried in accordance with laws, rules, and regulations as required by §§ 34-16-14…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to affect the powers of the courts to administer the usual legal and equitable remedies in case of nuisances or of improper interference with private rights. Source: SL 1913, ch 109 , § 7; RC 1919, § 7670; SDC 1939, § 27.…

If any nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness or condition which endangers the public health is found on any property, the county health officer shall, by written notice served personally or by mail upon the property owner, describe the nuisance or condition found to exist …

Any person who releases or spreads any disease germs intending thereby to accomplish the infection of one or more persons or domestic animals is guilty of a Class 2 felony. Source: SL 1923, ch 160 ; SDC 1939, § 13.1504; SL 1977, ch 190 , § 28; SL 2006, ch 130 , § 14. 34-16-3, 34-…

If an owner of property fails to comply with the requirements of a notice served pursuant to § 34-16-19 , the county health officer shall proceed to have the nuisance, source of filth, cause of sickness or condition which endangers the public health removed from the property or a…

Any hearing before the board of county commissioners requested pursuant to § 34-16-19 shall be held during an open session of the board of county commissioners and shall be held no later than forty - five days after filing of the request for hearing. Following hearing, the board …

Each county may establish a county board of health which shall be composed of the state's attorney of the county, who shall be president of the board; a physician, a physician assistant, or certified nurse practitioner who practices in the county, appointed by the Department of H…

The county board of health shall meet at the county seat at such times as the superintendent may designate. The president of the county board of health shall preside at the meetings. Source: SL 2002, ch 168 , § 7.

The superintendent of the county board of health shall have charge of and superintend, subject to the approval of the board, all the matters and things specified in this chapter. In case of immediate danger to the health of persons, the superintendent may act without consultation…

The county board of health, within the territorial limits of its county not included in any first or second class municipality having its own board of health, may remove or cause to be removed any dead, decaying, or putrid body, or any decayed, putrid, or other substance that may…

All members, officers, and employees of the state department and local boards of health shall have the right to enter any building, conveyance, or place where contagion, infection, filth, or other source or cause of preventable disease exists or is reasonably suspected to exist. …