South Dakota Codified Laws 27A-15-1. Definition of terms
Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) “Clinical evaluation,” an evaluation of the minor to determine the appropriateness of admission to an inpatient psychiatric facility or continued inpatient treatment. The evaluation shall include a personal interview with the minor and parent, guardian, or other legal custodian, an examination of all relevant available records, a mental status examination of the minor, relevant social history information, and an examination of the medical, psychological, social, behavioral, educational, and developmental aspects of the minor’s situation, including a full probe of the minor’s background utilizing all relevant educational, treatment, and other public and private service provider sources;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 27A-15-1
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(2) “Independent clinical evaluation,” a clinical evaluation of the minor performed by a qualified mental health professional who:
(a) Is not currently involved in the diagnosis, treatment, or provision of services to the minor;
(b) Is not an employee of the facility to which admission of the minor is sought or to which the minor has been admitted; and
(c) Will not receive monetary benefit by the minor’s admission to or continued stay in an inpatient psychiatric facility;
(3) “Minor,” a person under eighteen years of age except that for purposes of this title, the term does not include a person who is emancipated under Title 26 or who is married. Any person not included within this definition of minor shall come under this title’s provisions which apply to adults;
(4) “Parent,” a biological or adoptive parent who has legal custody of the minor, including either parent if the parents have joint legal custody;
(5) “Psychiatric evaluation,” an examination conducted by a psychiatrist which includes the history of present illness, past history of medical and psychiatric illness, pertinent psychosocial history, and a mental status examination that enables the formulation of a diagnostic summary.
Source: SL 1991, ch 220, § 291; SL 1994, ch 255, § 1; SL 2000, ch 129, § 18.