<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 34-12D-2 - Declaration--Requirements to execute--Artificial nutrition and hydration.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeNormal { 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.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeStatute { 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.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffe000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeNoIndent { 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.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeSCL { 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 34-12D-2 - Declaration--Requirements to execute--Artificial nutrition and hydration."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-12D-2 - Declaration--Requirements to execute--Artificial nutrition and hydration."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12D-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="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12D-2" rel="noopener"><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeSENU">34-12D-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeSENU">. </span><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeCL">Declaration--Requirements to execute--Artificial nutrition and hydration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeStatute"><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont">A competent adult may at any time execute a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life</span><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont-000000">-</span><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont">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 shall thereafter notarize the declaration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeStatute"><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont">A declaration must state the declarant's preferences regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeStatute"><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont">If the declaration does not state the declarant's preferences regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration, any determination regarding the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration is governed by the laws of this state that apply in the absence of a declaration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffe000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeDefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="sc5c5f9536af14c13af23606eac946ffeSCL">SL 1991, ch 273, § 2; SL 2023, ch 115, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>