ENTITLED An Act to authorize the provision of informed consent by a pregnant minor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:
Section 1. That chapter 26-1 be amended with a NEW SECTION:
A pregnant minor who has the mental capacity to consent may provide informed consent for any medical or dental procedure or service, including hospitalization and surgery, related to the minor's prenatal care, the delivery process, or postnatal care, if:
(1) The health care provider first makes an effort to obtain consent from the minor's parent or guardian; and
(2) The minor's parent or guardian is either unavailable or withholds consent.
This section does not apply to an emancipated minor, as defined in 25-5-24, nor to any consent required prior to an abortion, as set forth in chapter 34-23A.
An Act to authorize the provision of informed consent by a pregnant minor.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the:
Chief Clerk
Speaker of the House
Attest:
Chief Clerk
President of the Senate
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate
File No. ____ Chapter No. ______
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________,
2022 at ____________M.
By for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2022
ss. Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________, 2022 at _________ o'clock __M.
Secretary of State
By Asst. Secretary of State
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