{"id":"DUT-SD-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Dakota","state":"SD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health)","authority":"S.D. Codified Laws title 34 (Public Health and Safety), ch. 34-22 (Contagious Disease Control)","instrument":"SDCL ch. 34-22, Contagious Disease Control (§§ 34-22-5, 34-22-9, 34-22-14, 34-22-17, 34-22-18, 34-22-18.1, 34-22-41 to 34-22-44)","title":"Contagious Disease Control: statewide system, rules on prevention, control, quarantine and isolation; enforcement; refusal to follow department directives as misdemeanor; injunction; public health emergency","dateIssued":"2026-09-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMER","EMP"],"addressees":["persons generally; patients, carriers and suspected cases; physicians, hospitals, laboratories and institutions; owners or persons in control of premises reached by a department directive or rule"],"clause":"Any person in the state reasonably suspected of having... any disease or condition which is the subject of a declared public health emergency pursuant to § 34-22-42, shall accept necessary diagnosis or treatment, or both. Any person who... fails to follow the reasonable and necessary directives of the department issued for the protection of other persons, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","enforcement":"Class 1 misdemeanor (34-22-18): one year in county jail or $2,000 fine, or both (SDCL 22-6-2(1), Ex. DUT-SD-007); Class 2 misdemeanor (34-22-5): thirty days or $500; circuit-court injunction (34-22-18.1); judicial enforcement of any department order (34-1-28, Ex. DUT-SD-002)","functions":[],"notes":"The Department of Health directs a statewide system of communicable disease control, prescribes by rule the \u0027methods and procedures for the prevention and control of communicable disease,\u0027 the \u0027quarantine, and isolation of any patient or carrier\u0027 and \u0027infection prevention measures\u0027 (34-22-9(4), (5), (8)), enforces its regulations \u0027through isolation, prevention, and treatment\u0027 (34-22-14), supervises all diagnosis, control and treatment statewide (34-22-17), and every person subject to a declared public health emergency must follow its directives on pain of a Class 1 misdemeanor (34-22-18), with injunctive enforcement against any person who \u0027presents a health threat to others\u0027 (34-22-18.1) and a Class 2 misdemeanor for intentionally exposing others in a public place (34-22-5).","sourceUrl":"https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/34-22.html?all=true","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":240966,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-SD","url":"/library/DUT-SD-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-SD-001","citation":"South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health), SDCL ch. 34-22, Contagious Disease Control (§§ 34-22-5, 34-22-9, 34-22-14, 34-22-17, 34-22-18, 34-22-18.1, 34-22-41 to 34-22-44) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-001)","stateName":"South Dakota","related":["SD-032","DUT-SD-003","DUT-SD-007","DUT-SD-002","DUT-SD-004","DUT-SD-005","DUT-SD-006"]}