S.D. Codified Laws § 16-17A-2

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 16-17A-2 - Immunity for assistance-Exclusions

A person is immune from liability for any damages to any person or property caused by the person's acts or omissions in assisting or offering to assist a lawyer or judge who is impaired or suspected of being impaired in obtaining medical or therapeutic treatment for the impairment or other related support services. This section does not apply to any:

(1) Health care provider or counselor who receives compensation or anything of value, including payments from an insurance policy or federal or state health care program, for providing treatment or other services to a lawyer or judge who is impaired or suspected of being impaired; or

(2) Damages caused by willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, or reckless misconduct.

SDCL 16-17A-2

SL 2021, ch 88, §2.

Added by S.L. 2021, ch. 88,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2021.