<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 34-25-9.1 - Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057264Normal { 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.s2057264SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057264CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057264Normal-000000 { 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.s2057264DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057264Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2057264Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2057264000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057264SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057264SCL-000004 { 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="s2057264Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-25-9.1"><span class="s2057264SENU">34-25-9.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057264SENU">. </span><span class="s2057264CL">Birth outside institution--Persons responsible for certificate--Evidence required--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal-000000"><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">If a birth occurs outside an institution, the certificate shall be prepared and filed by one of the following in the indicated order of priority:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal-000001"><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal-000001"><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Any other person in attendance at or immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such a person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal-000001"><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The father or mother, or, in the absence of the father and the inability of the mother, the person in charge of the premises where the birth occurred.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">The department shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">, to establish the evidence necessary to establish the facts of birth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal-000002"><span class="s2057264DefaultParagraphFont">Any person required to prepare and file a birth certificate pursuant to this section who fails to do so within one year of the birth is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057264000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057264Normal"><span class="s2057264SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057264SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 27.0207; SL 1945, ch 104; SL 1947, ch 121, § 1; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-25-9"><span class="s2057264SCL-000004">34-25-9</span></a><span class="s2057264SCL-000004">; SL 1972, ch 194, § 9; SL 1997, ch 205, § 2; SL 2019, ch 153, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>