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SDCL § 34-12D-2 Declaration--Requirements to execute--Artificial nutrition and hydration
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A competent adult may at any time execute a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life - sustaining treatment. The declaration must be signed by the declarant, or by another at the declarant's direction, and witnessed by two adults, or by a notary public who shal…
SDCL § 34-12D-20 Mercy - killing, euthanasia, suicide, and assisted suicide not condoned
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This chapter does not condone, authorize, or approve mercy - killing or euthanasia, suicide or assisted suicide. Source: SL 1991, ch 273 , § 19.
SDCL § 34-12D-21 Assumption as to valid declaration permissible
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In the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, a health care provider may assume that a declaration complies with this chapter and is valid. Source: SL 1991, ch 273 , § 20; SL 2007, ch 193 , § 11.
SDCL § 34-12D-22 Validity of declaration--Declarations executed prior to July 1, 1991
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A declaration which meets the execution requirements of the jurisdiction where the declarant was then a resident, the execution requirements of the jurisdiction where executed, or the execution requirements of this chapter, is valid for purposes of this chapter, even if executed …
