<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 59-7-2.6 - Physician's determination of principal's decisional capacity. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077448Normal { 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.s2077448SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077448CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077448Normal-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.s2077448DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077448DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077448000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077448SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077448SCL-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="s2077448Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-7-2.6"><span class="s2077448SENU">59-7-2.6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077448SENU">. </span><span class="s2077448CL">Physician's determination of principal's decisional capacity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077448Normal-000000"><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont">The attorney</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont">in</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont">fact or agent may not make a health care decision in any situation in which the principal's attending physician has determined in good faith that the principal has decisional capacity. The attending physician shall proceed as if there were no designation if the attorney</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont">in</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2077448DefaultParagraphFont">fact or agent is unavailable or refuses to make a health care decision.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077448Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077448000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077448Normal"><span class="s2077448SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077448SCL-000003"> SL 1990, ch 412, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>