<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 34-12I-18 - Complaint--Adjudication.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081670Normal { 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.s2081670SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081670CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081670DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081670000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2081670NoIndent { 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.s2081670DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081670SCL { 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="s2081670Normal"><span class="s2081670SENU">34-12I-18.</span><span class="s2081670CL">Complaint--Adjudication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081670Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081670DefaultParagraphFont">Any complaint alleging that a facility has violated this chapter must be filed with the secretary of the Department of Health and adjudicated under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2081670DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2081670DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this chapter may not form the basis of any private civil cause of action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081670Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081670000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081670NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081670DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2081670SCL">SL 2020, ch 152, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html>