<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 34-20A-81 - Maximum period of involuntary commitment--Discharge or recommitment. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2056782Normal { 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.s2056782SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056782CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056782Normal-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.s2056782DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056782DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056782000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056782SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056782SCL-000003 { 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="s2056782Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-20A-81"><span class="s2056782SENU">34-20A-81</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782SENU">. </span><span class="s2056782CL">Maximum period of involuntary commitment--Discharge or recommitment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056782Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont">Any person committed under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-20A-70"><span class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont">34-20A-70</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont"> shall remain in for treatment for a period not to exceed ninety days unless sooner discharged. At the end of the ninety</span><span class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont">day period, he shall be discharged automatically unless the administrator or an authorized designee of the facility to which the patient is committed prior to expiration of the period obtains a court order for recommitment upon the grounds set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-20A-70"><span class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont">34-20A-70</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782DefaultParagraphFont"> for a further period of ninety days unless sooner discharged.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056782Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056782Normal"><span class="s2056782SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056782SCL-000003"> SL 1974, ch 240, § 12 (e); SL 1976, ch 218; SL 1985, ch 277, § 31.</span></p></div></body></html>