<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 34-50-4 - Confidentiality of communication to or record of critical incident stress management team or peer support team. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2058007Normal { 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.s2058007SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058007CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2058007Normal-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.s2058007DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2058007Normal-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.s2058007000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058007SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058007SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2058007Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-50-4"><span class="s2058007SENU">34-50-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058007SENU">. </span><span class="s2058007CL">Confidentiality of communication to or record of critical incident stress management team or peer support team.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058007Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058007DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided for in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-50-5"><span class="s2058007DefaultParagraphFont">34-50-5</span></a><span class="s2058007DefaultParagraphFont">, a communication made by an emergency service provider to a critical incident stress management team or to a peer support team member while the provider receives critical incident stress management services is confidential and may not be disclosed in a civil or administrative proceeding.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058007Normal-000001"><span class="s2058007DefaultParagraphFont">Any record kept by a critical incident stress management team or a peer support team member, relating any critical incident stress management services to an emergency service provider, is confidential and is not subject to subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence in a civil or administrative proceeding.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058007Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058007000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058007Normal"><span class="s2058007SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058007SCL-000003"> SL 2015, ch 187, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>