Within five days after the execution of the written objection to continued inpatient treatment, within six days if there is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday within that time period, or within seven days if there is a Saturday, Sunday, and holiday within that time period, the minor shall be provided a hearing on the need for continued inpatient treatment at the facility. The hearing shall be held in the county where the facility is located before the board of mental illness serving that county. The county in which the hearing is held shall pay any expenses, including the transportation of the minor to the hearing, subject to reimbursement by the county ultimately proven to be the minor’s county of residence. The provisions of chapter 28-14 do not apply to this section.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 27A-15-15.4

  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1992, ch 189, § 20B; SL 1997, ch 164, § 6; SL 1999, ch 143, § 10.

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