<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 34-25-24.1 - Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083298Normal { 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.s2083298SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083298CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083298Statute { 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.s2083298DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083298000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083298NoIndent { 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.s2083298DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083298SCL { 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 34-25-24.1 - Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-25-24.1 - Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-25-24.1"><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="s2083298Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-25-24.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083298SENU">34-25-24.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298CL">Notice to funeral director--Communicable disease or condition. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083298Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont">For deaths occurring in a health care facility licensed under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont">34-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont">, the health care facility shall notify the funeral director, or person acting as such who first assumes custody of the dead body, if the body at the time of death had a communicable disease or condition that is the subject of a declared public health emergency pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-22-42" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont">34-22-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont"> or the subject of a declaration of the Governor pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-48A" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont">34-48A</span></a><span class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083298Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083298NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083298DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083298SCL">SL 2021, ch 153, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>