Section 28-13-1.1 - "Indigent or poor person" defined--Eligibility standards. - South Dakota Statutes

28-13-1.1. "Indigent or poor person" defined--Eligibility standards. For the purposes of this chapter, an indigent or poor person is any person who does not have sufficient money, credit, or property to be self-supporting; who has no one to look to who is legally required to provide support; or who is unable to be self-supporting through work because of illness or injury. In applying this definition, each county shall establish reasonable eligibility standards for county poor relief.

Source: SL 1984, ch 203, § 1; SL 1997, ch 170, § 1.