Section 27A-12-3.15 - Court-ordered use of psychotropic medication when personincapable of consent. - South Dakota Statutes

27A-12-3.15. Court-ordered use of psychotropic medication when person incapable of consent. If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person is incapable of consenting to treatment with psychotropic medication because the person's judgment is so affected by mental illness that the person lacks the capacity to make a competent, voluntary, and knowing decision concerning the medication and the administration of the recommended psychotropic medication is essential under the criteria in § 27A-12-3.13, the court may order the administration of psychotropic medication.

Source: SL 1988, ch 217, § 1; SL 1989, ch 237, § 7; SL 1991, ch 220, § 205; SDCL Supp, §§ 27A-12-11.1, 27A-12-11.9; SL 1997, ch 165, § 19.