If there is a conflict between a patient’s MOST and a patient’s oral directives or any written directives in an advance health care directive, the health care provider shall treat the patient in accordance with the most recent instruction.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 34-12H-8

  • 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 2019, ch 146, § 8.