<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 47-11F-17 - Confidentiality of patient records. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2068709Normal { 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.s2068709SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068709CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2068709Normal-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.s2068709DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068709000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068709SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068709SCL-000002 { 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="s2068709Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=47-11F-17"><span class="s2068709SENU">47-11F-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2068709SENU">. </span><span class="s2068709CL">Confidentiality of patient records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2068709Normal-000000"><span class="s2068709DefaultParagraphFont">Patient records shall be kept strictly confidential. No provision of this chapter, including interdisciplinary access to patient records by any stockholder, professional employee, or any employee of a professional corporation, constitutes a waiver of any privilege on confidential communications which otherwise exists under any provision of the law of this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2068709Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2068709000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2068709Normal"><span class="s2068709SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2068709SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 219, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html>