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property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/34-26"><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="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fHG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fNormal"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fHG4C">CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737f000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Personal right to direct disposition of body and bodily parts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Autopsy authorized.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Dissection authorized by decedent during life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Dissection authorized by spouse or next of kin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Dissection for purposes of inquest authorized by coroner, sheriff, or state's attorney.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Dissection of body of state institution inmate--Consent of next of kin required--Abandoned inmate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Dissection authorized by legislative enactment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Receipt and record of bodies received by medical school.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Embalming and preservation of bodies by medical school--Claim by friend or relative.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Use of unclaimed bodies by medical school--Burial of remains.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Unauthorized dissection of body as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Right to custody of dead body--Coroner's custody pending inquest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Burial within reasonable time required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Right and duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Failure to make burial as misdemeanor--Civil liability for treble expenses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Provisions applicable to parts of body.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-20</span></a><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">, 34-26-21. Repealed by SL 2007, ch 197, § 26.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-21.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-21.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Organ, marrow donation--Department of Public Safety information distribution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont"> to 34-26-46. Repealed by SL 2007, ch 197, § 26.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-47" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Hospital protocol for identifying potential organ donors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-47.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-47.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Discrimination in organ transplant process prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-48" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Short title.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-49" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-49</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-50" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Applicability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-51" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-52" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-52.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Organ donor designation on driver licenses and identification cards--Maintenance and removal of donor designation in department computer records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-53" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-54" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Refusal to make anatomical gift--Effect of refusal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-55" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Preclusive effect of anatomical gift, amendment, or revocation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-56" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-56</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-57" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-57</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-58" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Persons who may receive anatomical gift--Purpose of anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-59" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-59</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Search and notification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-60" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-60</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Delivery of document of gift not required--Right to examine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-61" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-61</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Rights and duties of procurement organization and others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-62" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-62</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Coordination of procurement and use.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-63" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-64" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-64</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Other prohibited acts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-65" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Immunity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-66" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-66</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Law governing validity--Choice of law as to execution of document of gift--Presumption of validity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-67" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-67</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Donor registry.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-68" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-68</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Effect of anatomical gift on advance health care directive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-69" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-69</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-70" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-70</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-71" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-71</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Uniformity of application and construction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-72" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-73" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-73</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Disposition of body of deceased servicemember.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-74" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-74</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Contracts for disposition--Funeral--Burial.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-75" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-75</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Disposition of remains--Control--Right and duty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-76" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-76</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Forfeiture of right.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-77" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-77</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Affidavit--Designation by decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-78" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-78</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Court determination against statutory precedence--Considerations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-79" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-79</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Funeral service agreement-- Disposition authorization Reliance upon content.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-80" rel="noopener"><span class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-80</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9de23cd54e8340e49417491de055737fDefaultParagraphFont">    Funeral homes--Limitation of liability--Acting in good faith.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3Normal { 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.s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } 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span.s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 34-26-1 - Personal right to direct disposition of body and bodily parts."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-26-1 - Personal right to direct disposition of body and bodily parts."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-1"><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="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3SENU">34-26-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3SENU">. </span><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3CL">Personal right to direct disposition of body and bodily parts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">Every person has the right to direct the manner in which his body or any part thereof shall be disposed of after his death, and to direct the manner in which any part of his body which becomes separated therefrom during his lifetime shall be disposed of. The provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, and of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">5 to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-80" rel="noopener"><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-80</span></a><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, do not apply where such person has given directions for the disposal of his body or any part thereof inconsistent with those provisions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s53a9c99b1b004087bbfd36b80c44a4c3SCL">PenC 1877, § 348; CL 1887, § 6549; RPenC 1903, § 353; RC 1919, § 3867; SDC 1939, § 27.1301; SL 1963, ch 152; SL 2022, ch 113, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057344Normal { 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.s2057344SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057344CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057344Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057344Normal-000001"><span class="s2057344DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    By the decedent's surviving spouse; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057344Normal-000001"><span class="s2057344DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If the surviving spouse is incompetent or not available or if there be no surviving spouse, by an adult child, parent, brother, or sister of the decedent. However, such autopsy may not be performed under a consent given as required by this subdivision if, before such autopsy is performed, any adult child or parent of the decedent objects in writing to the physician or surgeon by whom the autopsy is to be performed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057344Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057344DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    By the state's attorney, county sheriff, or investigating county coroner pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23-14-9.1"><span class="s2057344DefaultParagraphFont">23-14-9.1</span></a><span class="s2057344DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057344Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057344000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057344Normal"><span class="s2057344SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057344SCL-000003"> SL 1951, ch 188, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.1016; SL 1961, ch 184, § 2; SL 1981, ch 263; SL 1985, ch 191, § 5; SL 2009, ch 123, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057345Normal { 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.s2057345SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057345CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057345Normal-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.s2057345DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057345000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057345SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057345SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057345Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-3"><span class="s2057345SENU">34-26-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057345SENU">. </span><span class="s2057345CL">Dissection authorized by decedent during life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057345Normal-000000"><span class="s2057345DefaultParagraphFont">The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists whenever a person lawfully gives permission for such disposal of his body or any part thereof after death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057345Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057345000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057345Normal"><span class="s2057345SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057345SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 27.1304 (5); SL 1963, ch 152.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057346Normal { 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.s2057346SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057346CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057346Normal-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.s2057346DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057346000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057346SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057346SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057346Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-4"><span class="s2057346SENU">34-26-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057346SENU">. </span><span class="s2057346CL">Dissection authorized by spouse or next of kin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057346Normal-000000"><span class="s2057346DefaultParagraphFont">The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists whenever any spouse or next of kin of a deceased person, or any other person, being charged by law with the duty of burial authorizes such dissection of the dead body or any part thereof for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of death or for the purpose of scientific use or advancement of medical science.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057346Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057346000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057346Normal"><span class="s2057346SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057346SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 351, subdiv 3; CL 1887, § 6552, subdiv 3; RPenC 1903, § 356, subdiv 3; RC 1919, § 3870 (3); SDC 1939, § 27.1304 (3); SL 1963, ch 152.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057347Normal { 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.s2057347SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057347CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057347Normal-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.s2057347DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057347000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057347SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057347SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057347Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-5"><span class="s2057347SENU">34-26-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057347SENU">. </span><span class="s2057347CL">Dissection for purposes of inquest authorized by coroner, sheriff, or state's attorney.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057347Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057347DefaultParagraphFont">The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists if the death occurs under circumstances in which a coroner is authorized by law to hold an inquest upon the body or under the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23-14-9.1"><span class="s2057347DefaultParagraphFont">23-14-9.1</span></a><span class="s2057347DefaultParagraphFont">, and a coroner, sheriff, or the state's attorney designated by law to order an autopsy authorizes such dissection for the purposes of the inquest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057347Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057347000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057347Normal"><span class="s2057347SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057347SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 351, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 6552, subdiv 2; RPenC 1903, § 356, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 3870 (2); SDC 1939, § 27.1304 (2); SL 1961, ch 131; SL 1967, ch 103, § 1; SL 1985, ch 191, § 6; SL 2009, ch 123, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057348Normal { 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.s2057348SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057348CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057348Normal-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.s2057348DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057348000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057348SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057348SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057348Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-6"><span class="s2057348SENU">34-26-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057348SENU">. </span><span class="s2057348CL">Dissection of body of state institution inmate--Consent of next of kin required--Abandoned inmate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057348Normal-000000"><span class="s2057348DefaultParagraphFont">The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists whenever the person dying is at the time of death an inmate of any charitable institution supported by the State of South Dakota, and such person is at the time of death under medical treatment by physicians appointed or under supervision of said authority; provided however, that before such dissection is allowed an order shall be made by the superintendent or person having charge of such charitable institution stating that in his opinion such dissection is necessary or advisable for the purpose of obtaining knowledge of the cause of the death of such person or necessary for the treatment of others; and, before such dissection be allowed the consent of the next of kin of said deceased person shall be obtained, unless said deceased person shall have been neglected or abandoned by said kin for a period of not less than six months next preceding the time of death of such person, and when no inquiry for or in regard to said deceased person shall have been made by the next of kin of said deceased person for a period of six months next preceding the death of such person, such person shall be deemed abandoned for said period.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057348Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057348000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057348Normal"><span class="s2057348SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057348SCL-000002"> SL 1895, ch 75, § 1; RPenC 1903, § 356, subdiv 4; RC 1919, § 3870 (4); SDC 1939, § 27.1304 (4).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057349Normal { 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.s2057349SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057349CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057349Normal-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.s2057349DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057349000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057349SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057349SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057349Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-7"><span class="s2057349SENU">34-26-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057349SENU">. </span><span class="s2057349CL">Dissection authorized by legislative enactment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057349Normal-000000"><span class="s2057349DefaultParagraphFont">The right to dissect the dead body of a human being exists in the cases authorized by positive enactment of the Legislature of this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057349Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057349000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057349Normal"><span class="s2057349SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057349SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 351, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 6552, subdiv 1; RPenC 1903, § 356, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 3870 (1); SDC 1939, § 27.1304 (1).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057350Normal { 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.s2057350SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057350CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057350Normal-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.s2057350DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057350DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057350000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057350SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057350SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057350Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-8"><span class="s2057350SENU">34-26-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057350SENU">. </span><span class="s2057350CL">Notice to medical school of unclaimed body--Requisition by and forwarding to medical school.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057350Normal-000000"><span class="s2057350DefaultParagraphFont">It shall be the duty of any person into whose charge may come the unclaimed dead body of a convict or other person to be buried at public expense, to give notice to the dean of the School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota within twenty</span><span class="s2057350DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2057350DefaultParagraphFont">four hours after the receipt of any such body, specifying in such notice the probable cause of death; and upon the requisition of such dean he shall forward such body to the university, at its expense, within twenty</span><span class="s2057350DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2057350DefaultParagraphFont">four hours of the receipt of such requisition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057350Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057350000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057350Normal"><span class="s2057350SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057350SCL-000003"> SL 1909, ch 278, § 1; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057351Normal { 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.s2057351SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057351CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057351Normal-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.s2057351DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057351000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057351SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057351SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057351Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-9"><span class="s2057351SENU">34-26-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057351SENU">. </span><span class="s2057351CL">Receipt and record of bodies received by medical school.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057351Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057351DefaultParagraphFont">A receipt for any body forwarded pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-8"><span class="s2057351DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057351DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be given to the officer or person delivering the same, and the medical school of the university shall keep or cause to be kept, a record of all such bodies so received, in which shall be recorded at length all facts necessary for the identification of such bodies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057351Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057351000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057351Normal"><span class="s2057351SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057351SCL-000002"> SL 1909, ch 278, § 2; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057352Normal { 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.s2057352SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057352CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057352Normal-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.s2057352DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057352000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057352SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057352SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057352Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-10"><span class="s2057352SENU">34-26-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057352SENU">. </span><span class="s2057352CL">Embalming and preservation of bodies by medical school--Claim by friend or relative.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057352Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057352DefaultParagraphFont">All bodies delivered pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-8"><span class="s2057352DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057352DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be properly embalmed, and shall be preserved for a period of not less than sixty days, during which time any personal friend or relative of the decedent, making request for such body for private interment, shall be given possession thereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057352Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057352000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057352Normal"><span class="s2057352SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057352SCL-000002"> SL 1909, ch 278, § 1; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057353Normal { 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.s2057353SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057353CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057353Normal-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.s2057353DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057353000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057353SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057353SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057353Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-11"><span class="s2057353SENU">34-26-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057353SENU">. </span><span class="s2057353CL">Use of unclaimed bodies by medical school--Burial of remains.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057353Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057353DefaultParagraphFont">Bodies delivered pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-8"><span class="s2057353DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057353DefaultParagraphFont"> unclaimed after the expiration of sixty days may be used for the promotion of medical and surgical science, and the instruction and study of physicians and students of anatomy and embalming in this state. After having served such purpose, the remains shall in all cases receive proper burial.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057353Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057353000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057353Normal"><span class="s2057353SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057353SCL-000002"> SL 1909, ch 278, § 3; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057354Normal { 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.s2057354SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057354CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057354Normal-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.s2057354DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057354000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057354SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057354SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057354Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-12"><span class="s2057354SENU">34-26-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057354SENU">. </span><span class="s2057354CL">Autopsies at hospitals for the mentally ill.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057354Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057354DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing contained in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-8"><span class="s2057354DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057354DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-11"><span class="s2057354DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-11</span></a><span class="s2057354DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, shall preclude the officers of the state hospitals for the mentally ill from using the unclaimed remains of patients dying in such hospitals to make autopsies for pathological study.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057354Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057354000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057354Normal"><span class="s2057354SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057354SCL-000002"> SL 1909, ch 278, § 4; RC 1919, § 5595; SDC 1939, § 15.1104.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057355Normal { 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.s2057355SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057355CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057355Normal-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.s2057355DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057355000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057355SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057355SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057355Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-13"><span class="s2057355SENU">34-26-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057355SENU">. </span><span class="s2057355CL">Unauthorized dissection of body as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057355Normal-000000"><span class="s2057355DefaultParagraphFont">Every person who makes or procures to be made any dissection of the body of a human being, except by authority of law or in pursuance of a permission given by the decedent, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057355Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057355000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057355Normal"><span class="s2057355SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057355SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 352; CL 1887, § 6553; RPenC 1903, § 357; RC 1919, § 3871; SDC 1939, § 13.1417; SL 1977, ch 190, § 68.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057356Normal { 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.s2057356SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057356CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057356Normal-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.s2057356DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057356000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057356SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057356SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057356Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-14"><span class="s2057356SENU">34-26-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057356SENU">. </span><span class="s2057356CL">Right to custody of dead body--Coroner's custody pending inquest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057356Normal-000000"><span class="s2057356DefaultParagraphFont">The person charged by law with the duty of burying the body of a deceased person is entitled to the custody of such body for the purpose of burying it. However, in the cases in which an investigation or inquest is required by law to be held upon a dead body, by a coroner, such coroner is entitled to its custody until such inquest has been completed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057356Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057356000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057356Normal"><span class="s2057356SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057356SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 357; CL 1887, § 6558; RPenC 1903, § 362; RC 1919, § 3876; SDC 1939, § 27.1302; SL 1985, ch 191, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057357Normal { 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.s2057357SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057357CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057357Normal-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.s2057357DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057357000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057357SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057357SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057357Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-15"><span class="s2057357SENU">34-26-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057357SENU">. </span><span class="s2057357CL">Burial within reasonable time required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057357Normal-000000"><span class="s2057357DefaultParagraphFont">Except in the cases in which the right to dissect a dead body is expressly conferred by law, every dead body of a human being lying within this state must be decently buried within a reasonable time after the death. Nothing herein shall affect the right to remove from or carry through this state, a dead human body or parts thereof for the purpose of burying the same in another place.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057357Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057357000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057357Normal"><span class="s2057357SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057357SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, §§ 349, 350; CL 1887, §§ 6550, 6551; RPenC 1903, §§ 354, 355; RC 1919, §§ 3868, 3869; SDC 1939, § 27.1301.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dNormal { 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.sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1d000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 34-26-16 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-26-16 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-16"><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="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-16" rel="noopener"><span class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dSENU">34-26-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dSENU">. </span><span class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1d000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sb1d4d8d7e02d4ed8b9a1f83e4590dc1dSCL">PenC 1877, § 355; CL 1887, § 6556; RPenC 1903, § 360; RC 1919, § 3874; SDC 1939, § 27.1303; SL 1963, ch 153; SL 2022, ch 113, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daNormal { 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.sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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padding: 0; } span.sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 34-26-17 - Right and duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-26-17 - Right and duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-17"><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="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-17" rel="noopener"><span class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daSENU">34-26-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daSENU">. </span><span class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daCL">Right and duty of burial on failure by persons first charged--County claim against estate for expense of burial.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daDefaultParagraphFont">In case the person upon whom the right and duty of burial is first cast by the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-75" rel="noopener"><span class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-75</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daDefaultParagraphFont"> does not make the burial within a reasonable time, the duty devolves upon the person next specified; and if all omit to act it devolves upon the county of the legal residence of the deceased, and if no such residence is known, then upon the county where the body is first found, and in all such cases the county has a legal preferred claim against the estate of the decedent for the actual expense incurred.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731da000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sd56e123ec9ea48839e6c73ed2f7731daSCL">PenC 1877, § 355, subdiv 4; CL 1887, § 6556, subdiv 4; RPenC 1903, § 360, subdiv 4; RC 1919, § 3874 (4); SDC 1939, § 27.1303 (4); SL 1963, ch 153; SL 2022, ch 113, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057360Normal { 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.s2057360SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057360CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057360Normal-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.s2057360DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057360000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057360SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057360SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057360Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-18"><span class="s2057360SENU">34-26-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057360SENU">. </span><span class="s2057360CL">Failure to make burial as misdemeanor--Civil liability for treble expenses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057360Normal-000000"><span class="s2057360DefaultParagraphFont">Every person upon whom the duty of making burial of the remains of a deceased person is imposed by law, who omits to perform that duty within a reasonable time, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; and, in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor, is liable to pay to the person performing the duty in his stead, treble the expenses incurred by the latter in making the burial, to be recovered in a civil action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057360Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057360000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057360Normal"><span class="s2057360SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057360SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 356; CL 1887, § 6557; RPenC 1903, § 361; RC 1919, § 3875; SDC 1939, § 13.1415; SL 1977, ch 190, § 69.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057361Normal { 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.s2057361SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057361CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057361Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; 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CL 1887, §§ 6554, 6555; RPenC 1903, §§ 358, 359; RC 1919, §§ 3872, 3873; SDC 1939, § 27.1301.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS34-26-20 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 34-26-20 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 34-26-20"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 34-26-20, 34-26-21. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2007, ch 197, &#167;&nbsp;26.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34abStatuteNumber1"><span class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34abDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Through any other means the department deems appropriate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34ab000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34abNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34abDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sf92817a899914901b9db541cc50e34abSCL">SL 2001, ch 186, § 5; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 20; SL 2013, ch 159, § 1; SL 2025, ch 141, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS34-26-22 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 34-26-22 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 34-26-22"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 34-26-22 to 34-26-46. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2007, ch 197, &#167;&nbsp;26.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057365Normal-000001"><span class="s2057365DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Require that an eye and tissue organization designated by the hospital be notified of potential eye and tissue donors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057365Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057365000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057365Normal"><span class="s2057365SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057365SCL-000003"> SL 1992, ch 249, § 1; SL 1995, ch 197, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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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.s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Discrimination in organ transplant process prohibited."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Discrimination in organ transplant process prohibited."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-47.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563SENU">34-26-47.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563SENU">. </span><span class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563CL">Discrimination in organ transplant process prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563Statute"><span class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563DefaultParagraphFont">No person may discriminate against an individual at any point in the organ transplant process, solely on the basis of an individual s mental or physical disability, unless the disability has been determined to be medically significant to the provision of an anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this statute is an unfair or discriminatory practice under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=20-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563DefaultParagraphFont">20-13</span></a><span class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3b90c3f697094687a618674cbc337563SCL">SL 2022, ch 112, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000002"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Anatomical gift" means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Decedent" means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift. The term does not include a blastocyst, embryo, or fetus that is the subject of an induced abortion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Disinterested witness" means a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes, or refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual. The term does not include a person to which an anatomical gift could pass under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Document of gift" means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift. The term includes a statement or symbol on a driver's license, identification card, or donor registry.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Donor" means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Donor registry" means a database that contains records of anatomical gifts and amendments to or revocations of anatomical gifts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Driver's license" means a license or permit issued by the Department of Public Safety to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the license or permit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Eye bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Guardian" means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health, or welfare of an individual. The term does not include a guardian ad litem.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    "Hospital" means a facility licensed as a hospital under the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Identification card" means an identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    "Know" means to have actual knowledge.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    "Minor" means an individual who is under eighteen years of age.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    "Organ procurement organization" means a person designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    "Parent" means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    "Part" means an organ, an eye, or tissue of a human being. The term does not include the whole body.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    "Physician" means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under the law of any state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057367000003"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    "Procurement organization" means an eye bank, organ procurement organization, or tissue bank.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(22)    "Prospective donor" means an individual who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education. The term does not include an individual who has made a refusal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(23)    "Reasonably available" means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(24)    "Recipient" means an individual into whose body a decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(25)    "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(26)    "Refusal" means a record created under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-54"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont"> that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(27)    "Sign" means, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000002"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(A)    To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000002"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound, or process.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(28)    "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(29)    "Technician" means an individual determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law. The term includes an enucleator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(30)    "Tissue" means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye. The term does not include blood unless the blood is donated for the purpose of research or education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(31)    "Tissue bank" means a person that is licensed, accredited, or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of tissue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal-000001"><span class="s2057367DefaultParagraphFont">(32)    "Transplant hospital" means a hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057367000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057367Normal"><span class="s2057367SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057367SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057368Normal { 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.s2057368SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057368CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057368Normal-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.s2057368DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057368000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057368SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057368SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057368Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-50"><span class="s2057368SENU">34-26-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057368SENU">. </span><span class="s2057368CL">Applicability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057368Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057368DefaultParagraphFont">Sections </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057368DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057368DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057368DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057368DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057368Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057368000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057368Normal"><span class="s2057368SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057368SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057369Normal-000002"><span class="s2057369DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    Authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because the donor is at least fourteen years of age, provided, that if the minor is unemancipated, a parent or guardian has consented that the organ donor indicator be placed on the minor's driver license or nondriver identification card;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057369Normal-000001"><span class="s2057369DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    An agent of the donor, unless the power of attorney for health care or other record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057369Normal-000001"><span class="s2057369DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057369Normal-000001"><span class="s2057369DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The donor's guardian.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057369Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057369000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057369Normal"><span class="s2057369SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057369SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057370Normal { 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.s2057370SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057370CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057370Normal-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.s2057370DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057370Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2057370Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057370000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057370SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057370SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057370SENU">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057370SENU">. </span><span class="s2057370CL">Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000000"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000001"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    By checking a box on the driver license or identification card application authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver license or identification card. The issuance of a driver license or identification card with a donor designation completes the donation process and is effective unless the donor requests removal of the donor designation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000001"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In a will;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000001"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    During a terminal illness or injury of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000001"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    As provided in paragraph (b).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont"> may make a gift by a donor card or other record signed by the donor or other person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or other person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or other person and must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000001"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000001"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in subdivision (1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000002"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver license or identification card upon which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal-000002"><span class="s2057370DefaultParagraphFont">(d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor' death does not invalidate the gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057370000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057370Normal"><span class="s2057370SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057370SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 5; SL 2013, ch 159, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057371Normal { 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.s2057371SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057371CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057371Normal-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.s2057371DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057371Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057371000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057371SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057371SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057371Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52.1"><span class="s2057371SENU">34-26-52.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057371SENU">. </span><span class="s2057371CL">Organ donor designation on driver licenses and identification cards--Maintenance and removal of donor designation in department computer records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057371Normal-000000"><span class="s2057371DefaultParagraphFont">The department shall maintain a computer record of donors and shall place the designation on each driver license or identification card subsequently issued to the donor. The department is not required to maintain the physical record of the donor card or application after issuing the driver license or identification card for the donation to be valid.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057371Normal-000001"><span class="s2057371DefaultParagraphFont">Upon receipt of a written notice to remove the donor designation the department shall remove the designation from all department computer records and shall give written notice to the holder of the driver license or identification card that the donor designation has been removed from all department computer records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057371Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057371000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057371Normal"><span class="s2057371SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057371SCL-000003"> SL 2013, ch 159, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057372Normal { 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.s2057372SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057372CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057372Normal-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.s2057372DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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span.s2057372SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-53"><span class="s2057372SENU">34-26-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372SENU">. </span><span class="s2057372CL">Amending or revoking anatomical gift before donor's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-55"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont"> may amend or revoke an anatomical gift by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000001"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A record signed by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000002"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(A)    The donor;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000002"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    The other person; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000002"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(C)    Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the donor or the other person if the donor or other person is physically unable to sign; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000001"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A later-executed document of gift that amends or revokes a previous anatomical gift or portion of an anatomical gift, either expressly or by inconsistency.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000003"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(C) must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000001"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000001"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-55"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">, a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont"> may revoke an anatomical gift by the destruction or cancellation of the document of gift, or the portion of the document of gift used to make the gift, with the intent to revoke the gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000003"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(d) A donor may amend or revoke an anatomical gift that was not made in a will by any form of communication during a terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal-000003"><span class="s2057372DefaultParagraphFont">(e) A donor who makes an anatomical gift in a will may amend or revoke the gift in the manner provided for amendment or revocation of wills or as provided in subsection (a).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057372Normal"><span class="s2057372SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057372SCL-000005"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057373Normal { 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.s2057373SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057373CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057373Normal-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.s2057373DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057373Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2057373Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2057373Normal-000003 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057373000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057373SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057373SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-54"><span class="s2057373SENU">34-26-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057373SENU">. </span><span class="s2057373CL">Refusal to make anatomical gift--Effect of refusal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000000"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(a) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A record signed by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000002"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(A)    The individual; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000002"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    Subject to subsection (b), another individual acting at the direction of the individual if the individual is physically unable to sign;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The individual's will, whether or not the will is admitted to probate or invalidated after the individual's death; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Any form of communication made by the individual during the individual's terminal illness or injury addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000003"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A record signed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B) must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the individual; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    State that it has been signed and witnessed as provided in paragraph (1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000003"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(c) An individual who has made a refusal may amend or revoke the refusal:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    In the manner provided in subsection (a) for making a refusal;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    By subsequently making an anatomical gift pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont"> that is inconsistent with the refusal; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000001"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    By destroying or canceling the record evidencing the refusal, or the portion of the record used to make the refusal, with the intent to revoke the refusal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal-000003"><span class="s2057373DefaultParagraphFont">(d) Except as otherwise provided in § 34-26-55(h), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the individual set forth in the refusal, an individual's unrevoked refusal to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part bars all other persons from making an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057373000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057373Normal"><span class="s2057373SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057373SCL-000005"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057374Normal { 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.s2057374SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057374CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057374Normal-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.s2057374DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; 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revocation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and subject to subsection (f), in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor is barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-53"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-53</span></a><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-53"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-56"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-56</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-57"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-57</span></a><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-53"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">, another person may not make, amend, or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-57"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-57</span></a><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-53"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> by a person other than the donor does not bar another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-57"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-57</span></a><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">, an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(f) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">, an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-57"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-57</span></a><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(g) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal-000001"><span class="s2057374DefaultParagraphFont">(h) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057374Normal"><span class="s2057374SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057374SCL-000003"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" 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xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375SENU">. </span><span class="s2057375CL">Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and unless barred by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-54"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont"> or § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-55"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-55</span></a><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the order of priority listed:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    An agent of the decedent at the time of death who could have made an anatomical gift under § 34-26-51(2) immediately before the decedent's death;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The spouse of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Adult children of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Parents of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Adult siblings of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Adult grandchildren of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Grandparents of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    An adult who exhibited special care and concern for the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    The persons who were acting as the guardians of the person of the decedent at the time of death; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000001"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    Any other person having the authority to dispose of the decedent's body.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If there is more than one member of a class listed in subsection (a) (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (9) entitled to make an anatomical gift, an anatomical gift may be made by a member of the class unless that member or a person to which the gift may pass under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont"> knows of an objection by another member of the class. If an objection is known, the gift may be made only by a majority of the members of the class who are reasonably available.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal-000002"><span class="s2057375DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A person may not make an anatomical gift if, at the time of the decedent's death, a person in a prior class under subsection (a) is reasonably available to make or to object to the making of an anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057375Normal"><span class="s2057375SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057375SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057376Normal { 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.s2057376SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057376CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057376Normal-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.s2057376DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057376Normal-000001 { 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; } p.s2057376Normal-000002 { 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; } span.s2057376000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057376SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057376SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-57"><span class="s2057376SENU">34-26-57</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376SENU">. </span><span class="s2057376CL">Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-56"><span class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-56</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont"> may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-56"><span class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-56</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont"> may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is reasonably available. If more than one member of the prior class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-56"><span class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-56</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont"> may be:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal-000002"><span class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the amending of the gift; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal-000002"><span class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Revoked only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal-000001"><span class="s2057376DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A revocation under subsection (b) is effective only if, before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient, the procurement organization, transplant hospital, or physician or technician knows of the revocation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057376Normal"><span class="s2057376SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057376SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057377Normal { 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.s2057377SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057377CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057377Normal-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.s2057377DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057377Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2057377Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057377000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057377SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057377SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057377SENU">34-26-58</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377SENU">. </span><span class="s2057377CL">Persons who may receive anatomical gift--Purpose of anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000000"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Subject to subsection (b), an individual designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the individual is the recipient of the part;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    An eye bank or tissue bank.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If an anatomical gift to an individual under subsection (a)(2) cannot be transplanted into the individual, the part passes in accordance with subsection (g) in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the person making the anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts or of all parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a person described in subsection (a) but identifies the purpose for which an anatomical gift may be used, the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the part is an eye and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate eye bank.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If the part is tissue and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate tissue bank.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If the part is an organ and the gift is for the purpose of transplantation or therapy, the gift passes to the appropriate organ procurement organization as custodian of the organ.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    If the part is an organ, an eye, or tissue and the gift is for the purpose of research or education, the gift passes to the appropriate procurement organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(d) For the purpose of subsection (c), if there is more than one purpose of an anatomical gift set forth in the document of gift but the purposes are not set forth in any priority, the gift must be used for transplantation or therapy, if suitable. If the gift cannot be used for transplantation or therapy, the gift may be used for research or education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(e) If an anatomical gift of one or more specific parts is made in a document of gift that does not name a person described in subsection (a) and does not identify the purpose of the gift, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift passes in accordance with subsection (g).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(f) If a document of gift specifies only a general intent to make an anatomical gift by words such as donor, organ donor, or body donor, or by a symbol or statement of similar import, the gift may be used only for transplantation or therapy, and the gift passes in accordance with subsection (g).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(g) For purposes of subsections (b), (e), and (f) the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the part is an eye, the gift passes to the appropriate eye bank.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If the part is tissue, the gift passes to the appropriate tissue bank.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000001"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If the part is an organ, the gift passes to the appropriate organ procurement organization as custodian of the organ.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(h) An anatomical gift of an organ for transplantation or therapy, other than an anatomical gift under subsection (a)(2), passes to the organ procurement organization as custodian of the organ.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(i) If an anatomical gift does not pass pursuant to subsections (a) through (h) or the decedent's body or part is not used for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, custody of the body or part passes to the person under obligation to dispose of the body or part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(j) A person may not accept an anatomical gift if the person knows that the gift was not effectively made under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-52"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-52</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-57"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-57</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont"> or if the person knows that the decedent made a refusal under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-54"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont"> that was not revoked. For purposes of the subsection, if a person knows that an anatomical gift was made on a document of gift, the person is deemed to know of any amendment or revocation of the gift or any refusal to make an anatomical gift on the same document of gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">(k) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a)(2), nothing in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057377DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, affects the allocation of organs for transplantation or therapy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057377Normal"><span class="s2057377SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057377SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 11.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057378Normal-000001"><span class="s2057378DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057378Normal-000002"><span class="s2057378DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057378Normal-000002"><span class="s2057378DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057378Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057378000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057378Normal"><span class="s2057378SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057378SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057379000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057379SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057379SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057379Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-60"><span class="s2057379SENU">34-26-60</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057379SENU">. </span><span class="s2057379CL">Delivery of document of gift not required--Right to examine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057379Normal-000000"><span class="s2057379DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057379Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057379DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to the individual or by a person to which the gift could pass under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057379DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span class="s2057379DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057379Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057379000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057379Normal"><span class="s2057379SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057379SCL-000003"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 13.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057380000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057380SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057380SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-61"><span class="s2057380SENU">34-26-61</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380SENU">. </span><span class="s2057380CL">Rights and duties of procurement organization and others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000000"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Department of Public Safety and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable access to information in the records of the Department of Public Safety to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(c) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part that is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research, or education from a donor or a prospective donor. During the examination period, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part may not be withdrawn unless the hospital or procurement organization knows that the individual expressed a contrary intent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(d) Unless prohibited by law other than §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, at any time after a donor's death, the person to which a part passes under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont"> may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the body or part for its intended purpose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(e) Unless prohibited by law other than §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, an examination under subsection (c) or (d) may include an examination of all medical and dental records of the donor or prospective donor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(f) Upon the death of a minor who was a donor or had signed a refusal, unless a procurement organization knows the minor is emancipated, the procurement organization shall conduct a reasonable search for the parents of the minor and provide the parents with an opportunity to revoke or amend the anatomical gift or revoke the refusal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(g) Upon referral by a hospital under subsection (a), a procurement organization shall make a reasonable search for any person listed in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-56"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-56</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont"> having priority to make an anatomical gift on behalf of a prospective donor. If a procurement organization receives information that an anatomical gift to any other person was made, amended, or revoked, it shall promptly advise the other person of all relevant information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(h) Subject to §§ 34-26-58(i) and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-70"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-70</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">, the rights of the person to which a part passes under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont"> are superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. The person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, a person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part passes under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-58"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-58</span></a><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">, upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial, or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(i) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor the physician who determines the time of the decedent's death may participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal-000001"><span class="s2057380DefaultParagraphFont">(j) A physician or technician may remove a donated part from the body of a donor that the physician or technician is qualified to remove.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057380Normal"><span class="s2057380SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057380SCL-000003"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 14.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057381SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057381Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-62"><span class="s2057381SENU">34-26-62</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057381SENU">. </span><span class="s2057381CL">Coordination of procurement and use.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057381Normal-000000"><span class="s2057381DefaultParagraphFont">Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057381Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057381000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057381Normal"><span class="s2057381SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057381SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057382Normal { 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.s2057382SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057382CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057382Normal-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.s2057382DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057382Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057382000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057382SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057382SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057382Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-63"><span class="s2057382SENU">34-26-63</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057382SENU">. </span><span class="s2057382CL">Sale or purchase of parts prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057382Normal-000000"><span class="s2057382DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death commits a Class 5 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057382Normal-000001"><span class="s2057382DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057382Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057382000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057382Normal"><span class="s2057382SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057382SCL-000003"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 16.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057383Normal { 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.s2057383SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057383CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057383Normal-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.s2057383DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057383000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057383SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057383SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057383Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-64"><span class="s2057383SENU">34-26-64</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057383SENU">. </span><span class="s2057383CL">Other prohibited acts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057383Normal-000000"><span class="s2057383DefaultParagraphFont">A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a Class 5 felony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057383Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057383000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057383Normal"><span class="s2057383SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057383SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057384Normal { 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.s2057384SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057384CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057384Normal-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.s2057384DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057384Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057384000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057384SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057384SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057384Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-65"><span class="s2057384SENU">34-26-65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384SENU">. </span><span class="s2057384CL">Immunity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057384Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A person that acts in accordance with §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057384Normal-000001"><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor's estate is liable for any injury or damage that results from the making or use of the gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057384Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">(c) In determining whether an anatomical gift has been made, amended, or revoked under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057384DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, a person may rely upon representations of an individual listed in § 34-26-56(a)(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) relating to the individual's relationship to the donor or prospective donor unless the person knows that the representation is untrue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057384Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057384Normal"><span class="s2057384SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057384SCL-000003"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057385Normal { 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.s2057385SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057385CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057385Normal-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.s2057385DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057385Normal-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.s2057385Normal-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.s2057385000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057385SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057385SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-66"><span class="s2057385SENU">34-26-66</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057385SENU">. </span><span class="s2057385CL">Law governing validity--Choice of law as to execution of document of gift--Presumption of validity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal-000000"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Sections </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal-000001"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal-000001"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal-000002"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, the law of this state governs the interpretation of the document of gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal-000002"><span class="s2057385DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057385000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057385Normal"><span class="s2057385SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057385SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 19.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057386Normal { 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.s2057386SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057386CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057386Normal-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.s2057386DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057386Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; 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The registry shall include pertinent information on all South Dakotans who have registered to donate organs, tissues, and eyes and all relevant information regarding a donor's making amendment to, or revocation of, an anatomical gift in accordance with the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (§§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000001"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A donor registry must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Allow a donor or other person authorized under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-51"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont"> to include on the donor registry a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000002"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Allow a donor or other person online access to register as a donor, to amend an existing donor status, or remove an existing donor registration seven days a week on a twenty-four hour basis;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000002"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Be accessible electronically to the federally designated organ procurement organization and any nonprofit tissue or eye donation agency which holds agreements with hospitals in South Dakota to allow the procurement organization to obtain relevant information on the donor registry to determine, at or near death of the donor or a prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000002"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Be accessible for purposes of subdivision (2) seven days a week on a twenty-four hour basis.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000001"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(d) Personally identifiable information on a donor registry about a donor or prospective donor may not be used or disclosed without the express consent of the donor, prospective donor, or person that made the anatomical gift for any purpose other than to determine, at or near death of the donor or prospective donor, whether the donor or prospective donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000001"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(e) This section does not prohibit any person from creating or maintaining a donor registry that is not established by or under contract with the state. Any such registry must comply with subsections (c) and (d).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal-000001"><span class="s2057386DefaultParagraphFont">(f) The department shall collect data from the registry that is not restricted by subsection (d) and share the data with the federally-designated organ procurement organization and any nonprofit tissue or eye donation agency which holds agreements with hospitals in South Dakota to be used for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness or educational initiatives to promote organ, tissue, and eye donation that are conducted or coordinated by organ procurement organizations, hospitals, and state agencies operating in the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057386000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057386Normal"><span class="s2057386SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057386SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 20; SL 2013, ch 159, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2057388000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057388SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057388SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057388Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-69"><span class="s2057388SENU">34-26-69</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057388SENU">. </span><span class="s2057388CL">Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057388Normal-000000"><span class="s2057388DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057388Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057388DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gift might be available or was made with respect to a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post-mortem examination is going to be performed, unless the coroner denies recovery in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-70"><span class="s2057388DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-70</span></a><span class="s2057388DefaultParagraphFont">, the coroner or designee shall conduct a post-mortem examination of the body or the part in a manner and within a period compatible with its preservation for the purposes of the gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057388Normal-000001"><span class="s2057388DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A part may not be removed from the body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of a coroner for transplantation, therapy, research, or education unless the part is the subject of an anatomical gift. The body of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner may not be delivered to a person for research or education unless the body is the subject of an anatomical gift. This subsection does not preclude a coroner from performing the medicolegal investigation upon the body or parts of a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057388Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057388000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057388Normal"><span class="s2057388SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057388SCL-000003"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057389Normal { 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.s2057389SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057389CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057389Normal-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.s2057389DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057389Normal-000001 { 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; } p.s2057389Normal-000002 { 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; } span.s2057389000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057389SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057389SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-70"><span class="s2057389SENU">34-26-70</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057389SENU">. </span><span class="s2057389CL">Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000000"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner. If the decedent's body or part is medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research, or education, the coroner shall release post-mortem examination results to the procurement organization. The procurement organization may make a subsequent disclosure of the post-mortem examination results or other information received from the coroner only if relevant to transplantation or therapy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(b) The coroner may conduct a medicolegal examination by reviewing all medical records, laboratory test results, X rays, other diagnostic results, and other information that any person possesses about a donor or prospective donor whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner which the coroner determines may be relevant to the investigation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A person that has any information requested by a coroner pursuant to subsection (b) shall provide that information as expeditiously as possible to allow the coroner to conduct the medicolegal investigation within a period compatible with the preservation of parts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(d) If an anatomical gift has been or might be made of a part of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner and a post- mortem examination is not required, or the coroner determines that a post- mortem examination is required but that the recovery of the part that is the subject of an anatomical gift will not interfere with the examination, the coroner and procurement organization shall cooperate in the timely removal of the part from the decedent for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(e) If an anatomical gift of a part from the decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner has been or might be made, but the coroner initially believes that the recovery of the part could interfere with the post-mortem investigation into the decedent's cause or manner of death, the coroner shall consult with the procurement organization or physician or technician designated by the procurement organization about the proposed recovery. After consultation, the coroner may allow the recovery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(f) Following the consultation under subsection (e), in the absence of mutually agreed upon protocols to resolve conflict between the coroner and the procurement organization, if the coroner intends to deny recovery of an organ for transplantation, the coroner or designee, at the request of the procurement organization, shall attend the removal procedure for the part before making a final determination not to allow the procurement organization to recover the part. During the removal procedure, the coroner or designee may allow recovery by the procurement organization to proceed, or, if the coroner or designee reasonably believes that the part may be involved in determining the decedent's cause or manner of death, deny recovery by the procurement organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(g) If the coroner or designee denies recovery under subsection (f), the coroner or designee shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000002"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Explain in a record the specific reasons for not allowing recovery of the part;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000002"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Include the specific reasons in the records of the coroner; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000002"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Provide a record with the specific reasons to the procurement organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(h) If the coroner or designee allows recovery of a part under subsection (d), (e), or (f), the procurement organization, upon request, shall cause the physician or technician who removes the part to provide the coroner with a record describing the condition of the part, a biopsy, a photograph, and any other information and observations that would assist in the post-mortem examination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal-000001"><span class="s2057389DefaultParagraphFont">(i) If a coroner or designee is required to be present at a removal procedure under subsection (f), upon request the procurement organization requesting the recovery of the part shall reimburse the coroner or designee for the additional costs incurred in complying with subsection (f).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057389000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057389Normal"><span class="s2057389SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057389SCL-000004"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 23.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057390SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057390Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-71"><span class="s2057390SENU">34-26-71</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057390SENU">. </span><span class="s2057390CL">Uniformity of application and construction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057390Normal-000000"><span class="s2057390DefaultParagraphFont">In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057390Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057390000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057390Normal"><span class="s2057390SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057390SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2057391Normal { 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.s2057391SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057391CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2057391Normal-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.s2057391DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057391000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057391SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2057391SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2057391Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057391SENU">34-26-72</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057391SENU">. </span><span class="s2057391CL">Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057391Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057391DefaultParagraphFont">Sections </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-48"><span class="s2057391DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057391DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-26-72"><span class="s2057391DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-72</span></a><span class="s2057391DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, modify, limit, and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. section 7003(b).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057391Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057391000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2057391Normal"><span class="s2057391SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2057391SCL-000002"> SL 2007, ch 197, § 25.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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The disposition directions and funeral prearrangements that are contained in a preneed contract are not subject to cancellation or substantial revision unless the cancellation or substantial revision has been ordered by a person who the decedent has appointed in the preneed contract as the person authorized to cancel or revise the terms of the preneed contract, or unless any resources set aside to fund the preneed contract are insufficient under the terms of the preneed contract to carry out the disposition directions and funeral prearrangements contained therein.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s471b70d0f4aa4b1a99c9f080d8bea3b0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s471b70d0f4aa4b1a99c9f080d8bea3b0000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s471b70d0f4aa4b1a99c9f080d8bea3b0NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s471b70d0f4aa4b1a99c9f080d8bea3b0DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s471b70d0f4aa4b1a99c9f080d8bea3b0SCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352Normal { 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.s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352Statute { 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property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-75"><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="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-75" rel="noopener"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352SENU">34-26-75</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352SENU">. </span><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352CL">Disposition of remains--Control--Right and duty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-74" rel="noopener"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-74</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-76" rel="noopener"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-76</span></a><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">, the right and the duty to control the disposition of a decedent's remains, including the location, manner, and conditions of disposition, and arrangements for the provision of funeral goods and services, vests in the following, in the order named, provided the person is eighteen years or older and is of sound mind:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A person designated by the decedent, in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-77" rel="noopener"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-77</span></a><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A person designated in the federal Record of Emergency Date Form DD 93 or its successor form, by a member of the military who dies while under active-duty orders, as described in 10 U.S.C. § 1481, in effect on January 1, 2022;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The decedent's spouse;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The child of the decedent or the majority of the decedent's children, provided that a lesser number must suffice if they have made reasonable efforts to notify the other children of their instructions and are not aware of any opposition on the part of the majority;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The parents of the decedent or one parent of the decedent, if reasonable efforts to locate the other parent have been unsuccessful;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    The sibling of the decedent or the majority of the decedent's siblings, provided that a lesser number must suffice if they have made reasonable efforts to notify the other siblings of their instructions and are not aware of any opposition on the part of the majority;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    The grandparent of the decedent or the majority of the decedent's grandparents, provided that a lesser number must suffice if they have made reasonable efforts to notify the other grandparents of their instructions and are not aware of any opposition on the part of the majority;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    The person named as personal representative in the decedent's last will and testament;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    The decedent's guardian at the time of the decedent's death, if one had been appointed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    The person in the classes of the next degree of kinship, in descending order, under the laws of descent and distribution, provided if there is more than one person of the same degree, any person of that degree may control the disposition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    The public officer, administrator, or employee responsible for final dispositions, if the decedent was the responsibility of the state or a political subdivision of this state; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    Any other willing person, including the funeral director with custody of the body, provided the person attests that reasonable efforts have been made to contact other persons listed in this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352StatuteNumber1-000000"><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of this section, the right and the duty to control disposition includes providing authorization for a cremation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s0c05097139d342f3b4dce056192d4352SCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 2; SL 2023, ch 128, § 1; SL 2023, ch 129, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Forfeiture of right."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Forfeiture of right."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-76" rel="noopener"><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17SENU">34-26-76</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17SENU">. </span><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17CL">Forfeiture of right.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">A person entitled under law to the right and duty of disposition forfeits that right and that duty, and the right and duty is passed on to the next qualifying person as listed in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-75" rel="noopener"><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-75</span></a><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">, in the following circumstances:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17StatuteNumber1"><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Any person charged with first- or second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter in connection with the decedent s death, and whose charges are known to the funeral director; provided, however that if the charges against the person are dismissed, or if the person is acquitted of the charges, the right of disposition is returned to the person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17StatuteNumber1"><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Any person who does not exercise the person's right of disposition within two days of notification of the death of decedent or within three days of the date of possession of the decedent's remains by a funeral home, whichever is earlier;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17StatuteNumber1"><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If the person and the decedent are spouses and a petition to dissolve the marriage is pending at the time of decedent s death; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Where the court, pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-78" rel="noopener"><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">34-26-78</span></a><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont">, determines that the person entitled to the right of disposition and the decedent were estranged at the time of death. For purposes of this subdivision, the term, estranged, means a physical and emotional separation from the decedent at the time of death that has existed for a period of time that clearly demonstrates an absence of due affection, trust, and regard for the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s56529c479a21492fb93c080577deeb17SCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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I __ have/ __ have not attached specific directions concerning the disposition of my remains which the designee shall substantially comply with, provided such directions are lawful and there are sufficient resources in my estate to carry out the directions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4Statute-000000"><span class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4DefaultParagraphFont">Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of the month of _____ of the year _____.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4Statute"><span class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4DefaultParagraphFont">______________________ (signature of notary public)</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s8a0dbd346503499fb3981691530b2cf4SCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Court determination against statutory precedence--Considerations."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Court determination against statutory precedence--Considerations."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-78" rel="noopener"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bSENU">34-26-78</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bSENU">. </span><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bCL">Court determination against statutory precedence--Considerations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-74" rel="noopener"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-74</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-77" rel="noopener"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">34-26-77</span></a><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, the court of the county where the decedent resided may award the right of disposition to the person determined by the court to be the most fit and appropriate to carry out the right of disposition, and may make decisions regarding the decedent s remains if those sharing the right of disposition cannot agree. The following provisions apply to the court s determination:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber1"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the persons holding the right of disposition are two or more persons with the same relationship to the decedent, and they cannot, by majority vote, make a decision regarding the disposition of the decedent s remains, any of the persons or a funeral home with custody of the remains may file a petition asking the court to make a determination in the matter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber1"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In making a determination under this section, the court shall consider the following:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber2"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The reasonableness and practicality of the proposed funeral arrangements and disposition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber2"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The degree of the personal relationship between the decedent and each of the persons claiming the right of disposition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber2"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(c)    The desires of the person or persons who are ready, able, and willing to pay the cost of the funeral arrangements and disposition;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber2"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(d)    The convenience and needs of other families and friends wishing to pay respects;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber2"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(e)    The desires of the decedent; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber2"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(f)    The degree to which the funeral arrangements would allow maximum participation by all wishing to pay respect;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber1"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    In the event of a dispute regarding the right of disposition, a funeral home is not liable for refusing to accept the remains or to inter or otherwise dispose of the remains of the decedent or complete the arrangements for the final disposition of the remains until the funeral home receives a court order or other written agreement signed by the parties in the disagreement that decides the final disposition of the remains. If the funeral home retains the remains for final disposition while the parties are in disagreement, the funeral home may embalm or refrigerate and shelter the body, or both, in order to preserve it while awaiting the final decision of the court and may add the cost of embalming and refrigeration and sheltering to the final disposition costs. If a funeral home brings an action under this section, the funeral home may add the legal fees and court costs associated with a petition under this section to the cost of final disposition. This section may not be construed to require or to impose a duty upon a funeral home to bring an action under this section. A funeral home and its employees may not be held criminally or civilly liable for choosing not to bring an action under this section; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bStatuteNumber1"><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Except to the degree it may be considered by the court under subsection (2)(c), the fact that a person has paid or agreed to pay for all or part of the funeral arrangements and final disposition does not give that person a greater right to the right of disposition than the person would otherwise have. The personal representative of the estate of the decedent does not, by virtue of being the personal representative, have a greater claim to the right of disposition than the person would otherwise have.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414b000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sd0077628a33548e9a75c5769d4f3414bSCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5Normal { 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.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5Statute { 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.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5NoIndent { 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.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Funeral service agreement-- Disposition authorization Reliance upon content."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Funeral service agreement-- Disposition authorization Reliance upon content."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-79" rel="noopener"><span class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5SENU">34-26-79</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5SENU">. </span><span class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5CL">Funeral service agreement-- Disposition authorization Reliance upon content.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5Statute"><span class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5DefaultParagraphFont">Any person signing a funeral service agreement, cremation authorization form, or any other authorization for disposition is deemed to warrant the truthfulness of any facts set forth therein, including the identity of the decedent whose remains are to be buried, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, and the party s authority to order the disposition. A funeral home shall have the right to rely on the funeral service contract or authorization and shall have the authority to carry out the instructions of the person or persons whom the funeral home reasonably believes holds the right of disposition. The funeral home shall have no responsibility to contact or to independently investigate the existence of any next-of-kin or relative of the decedent. If there is more than one person in a class who is equal in priority and the funeral home has no knowledge of any objection by other members of such class, the funeral home shall be entitled to rely on and act according to the instructions of the first such person in the class to make funeral and disposition arrangements; provided that no other person in such class objects in writing to the funeral home.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s6959ccec480f4bfca24fe9bf8da289d5SCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 34-26 - CUSTODY AND DISPOSITION OF BODIES AND BODY PARTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecNormal { 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.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecStatute { 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.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efec000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecNoIndent { 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.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecSCL { 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 - Funeral homes--Limitation of liability--Acting in good faith."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Funeral homes--Limitation of liability--Acting in good faith."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-26-80" rel="noopener"><span class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecSENU">34-26-80</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecSENU">. </span><span class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecCL">Funeral homes--Limitation of liability--Acting in good faith.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecStatute"><span class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecDefaultParagraphFont">No funeral home or funeral director who relies in good faith upon the instructions of an individual claiming the right of disposition shall be subject to criminal or civil liability or subject to disciplinary action for carrying out the disposition of the remains in accordance with the instructions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efec000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s7abf72be3575447bae25fa019a63efecSCL">SL 2022, ch 113, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>