<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 34-24-34 - Prohibited medical interventions--Intent--Actions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068Normal { 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.s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068SCL { 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 34-24-34 - Prohibited medical interventions--Intent--Actions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-24-34 - Prohibited medical interventions--Intent--Actions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-24-34"><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="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-24-34" rel="noopener"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068SENU">34-24-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068SENU">. </span><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068CL">Prohibited medical interventions--Intent--Actions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-24-35" rel="noopener"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">34-24-35</span></a><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">, a healthcare professional may not, for the purpose of attempting to alter the appearance of, or to validate a minor's perception of, the minor s sex, if that appearance or perception is inconsistent with the minor's sex, knowingly:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068StatuteNumber1"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Prescribe or administer any drug to delay or stop normal puberty;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068StatuteNumber1"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Prescribe or administer testosterone, estrogen, or progesterone, in amounts greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of the same age and sex;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068StatuteNumber1"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Perform any sterilizing surgery, including castration, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, penectomy, and vasectomy;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068StatuteNumber1"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Perform any surgery that artificially constructs tissue having the appearance of genitalia differing from the minor's sex, including metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068StatuteNumber1"><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Remove any healthy or non-diseased body part or tissue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s47c11492d1c145e7baca4d063d1ed068SCL">SL 2023, ch 127, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>