<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083881Normal { text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083881HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083881DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083881Normal-000000 { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083881000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083881B { margin-left: 1.38in; text-indent: -1.38in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES"><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-17A"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083881HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">16-17A</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881Normal"><span class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083881000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">16-17A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">    Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">16-17A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">    Immunity for assistance--Exclusions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">16-17A-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">    Immunity for reporting--Exclusions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083881B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">16-17A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083881DefaultParagraphFont">    Confidential information--Source--Limited disclosure--Limited use.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083431000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083431NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083431DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083431SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 16-17A-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 16-17A-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-17A-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083431Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083431SENU">16-17A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083431SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083431CL">Definitions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083431Statute"><span class="s2083431DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083431StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083431DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Impaired," a deficit in cognitive ability to act in compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Code of Judicial Conduct, and any other standards required of practicing attorneys and judges, because of an addiction to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or any other medical condition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083431StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083431DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Confidential information," any information, regardless of the form in which it is transmitted or stored, communicated to the State Bar, the Supreme Court, or the Unified Judicial System, for the sole purpose of assisting a lawyer or judge, who is impaired or suspected of being impaired, in obtaining medical or therapeutic treatment for the impairment or other related support services. The term does not include any information in the public record prior to the communication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083431Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083431000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083431NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083431DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083431SCL">SL 2021, ch 88, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083432Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083432SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083432CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083432Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083432DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083432StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083432000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083432NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083432DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083432SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 16-17A-2 - Immunity for assistance--Exclusions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 16-17A-2 - Immunity for assistance--Exclusions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-17A-2"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083432Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083432SENU">16-17A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083432SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083432CL">Immunity for assistance--Exclusions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083432Statute"><span class="s2083432DefaultParagraphFont">A person is immune from liability for any damages to any person or property caused by the person's acts or omissions in assisting or offering to assist a lawyer or judge who is impaired or suspected of being impaired in obtaining medical or therapeutic treatment for the impairment or other related support services. This section does not apply to any:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083432StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083432DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Health care provider or counselor who receives compensation or anything of value, including payments from an insurance policy or federal or state health care program, for providing treatment or other services to a lawyer or judge who is impaired or suspected of being impaired; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083432StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083432DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Damages caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless misconduct.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083432Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083432000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083432NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083432DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083432SCL">SL 2021, ch 88, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083433Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083433SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083433CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083433Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083433DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083433000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083433NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083433DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083433SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 16-17A-3 - Immunity for reporting--Exclusions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 16-17A-3 - Immunity for reporting--Exclusions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-17A-3"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083433Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083433SENU">16-17A-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083433SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083433CL">Immunity for reporting--Exclusions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083433Statute"><span class="s2083433DefaultParagraphFont">A person is immune from liability for any damages to any person or property caused by the person's acts or omissions in reporting a lawyer or judge who is impaired or suspected of being impaired to the State Bar, the Supreme Court, any associated assistance committee or entity established or approved by the State Bar or the Supreme Court, or the Unified Judicial System. This section does not apply to any damages caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless misconduct. This section does not relieve any lawyer or judge from any responsibility under the Rules of Professional Conduct or the Code of Judicial Conduct.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083433Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083433000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083433NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083433DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083433SCL">SL 2021, ch 88, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 16-17A - ASSISTANCE TO IMPAIRED LAWYERS AND JUDGES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083434Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083434SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083434CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083434Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083434DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083434000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083434NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083434DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083434SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 16-17A-4 - Confidential information--Source--Limited disclosure--Limited use."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 16-17A-4 - Confidential information--Source--Limited disclosure--Limited use."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-17A-4"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083434Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=16-17A-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083434SENU">16-17A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083434SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083434CL">Confidential information--Source--Limited disclosure--Limited use. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083434Statute"><span class="s2083434DefaultParagraphFont">The State Bar, the Supreme Court, any assistance committee or associated entity established or approved by the State Bar or Supreme Court, or Unified Judicial System may not disclose the source of any confidential information or disclose or use any confidential information for any purpose other than to assist the lawyer or judge who is the subject of the confidential information in obtaining medical or therapeutic treatment or other related support services.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083434Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083434000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083434NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083434DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083434SCL">SL 2021, ch 88, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>