<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 23A-50-1 - Definitions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388Normal { 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.s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388SCL { 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 23A-50-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 23A-50-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-50-1"><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="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-50-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388SENU">23A-50-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388SENU">. </span><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter and § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=23A-46-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont">23A-46-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont"> mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388StatuteNumber1"><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Mental health response team," a support team tasked with finding viable community resources to help persons with severe mental illness involved in the court system;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388StatuteNumber1"><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Psychiatric certification," a credential obtained by passing the psychiatric-mental health nursing board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388StatuteNumber1"><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Telehealth," a mode of delivering healthcare services that utilizes information and communication technologies to enable the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of patients at a distance from health care providers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s80d8ffbfec8b44629835394e7f599388SCL">SL 2017, ch 109, § 1; SL 2023, ch 79, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>