<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 27A-15-1.1 - Serious emotional disturbance defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2051315Normal { 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.s2051315SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051315CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051315Normal-000000 { 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.s2051315DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051315Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2051315Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2051315000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051315SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051315SCL-000004 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-15-1.1"><span class="s2051315SENU">27A-15-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051315SENU">. </span><span class="s2051315CL">Serious emotional disturbance defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000000"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of this chapter, an individual with a serious emotional disturbance is an individual who:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000001"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Is under eighteen years of age;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000001"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Exhibits behavior resulting in functional impairment which substantially interferes with, or limits the individual's role or functioning in the community, school, family, or peer group;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000001"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Has a mental disorder diagnosed under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition, 2013, or coding found in the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Clinical Modification, 2015;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000001"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Has demonstrated a need for one or more special care services, in addition to mental health services; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000001"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Has problems with a demonstrated or expected longevity of at least one year or has an impairment of short duration and high severity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal-000002"><span class="s2051315DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this section, intellectual disability, epilepsy, other developmental disability, alcohol or substance abuse, brief period of intoxication, or criminal or delinquent behavior do not, alone, constitute a serious emotional disturbance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051315000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051315Normal"><span class="s2051315SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051315SCL-000004"> SL 1994, ch 255, § 2; SL 2000, ch 129, § 19; SL 2013, ch 125, § 7; SL 2016, ch 15, § 9; SL 2017, ch 120, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>