<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 19-13A-3 - Scope. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045341Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045341SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045341CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045341Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045341DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-13A-3"><span class="s2045341SENU">19-13A-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341SENU">. </span><span class="s2045341CL">Scope.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000000"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c), this chapter applies to a mediation in which:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    the mediation parties are required to mediate by statute or court or administrative agency rule or referred to mediation by a court, administrative agency, or arbitrator;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    the mediation parties and the mediator agree to mediate in a record that demonstrates an expectation that mediation communications will be privileged against disclosure; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    the mediation parties use as a mediator an individual who holds himself or herself out as a mediator or the mediation is provided by a person that holds itself out as providing mediation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000002"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(b) The chapter does not apply to a mediation:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    relating to the establishment, negotiation, administration, or termination of a collective bargaining relationship;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    relating to a dispute that is pending under or is part of the processes established by a collective bargaining agreement, except that the chapter applies to a mediation arising out of a dispute that has been filed with an administrative agency or court;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    conducted by a judge who might make a ruling on the case; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000001"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    conducted under the auspices of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000003"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(A)    a primary or secondary school if all the parties are students or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000003"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    a correctional institution for youths if all the parties are residents of that institution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or a record of proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a mediation is not privileged, the privileges under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-13A-4"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">19-13A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-13A-6"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">19-13A-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, do not apply to the mediation or part agreed upon. However, §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-13A-4"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">19-13A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-13A-6"><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">19-13A-6</span></a><span class="s2045341DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, apply to a mediation communication made by a person that has not received actual notice of the agreement before the communication is made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045341Normal"><span class="s2045341SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045341SCL-000005"> SL 2008, ch 286 (Supreme Court Rule 07-07), eff. Jan. 1, 2008.</span></p></div></body></html>