Section 33-17A-2 - Mentally unsound veterans--Commitment to Department of Veterans' Affairs or otherfederal agency. - South Dakota Statutes

33-17A-2. Mentally unsound veterans--Commitment to Department of Veterans' Affairs or other federal agency. If, in any proceeding under the laws of this state for the commitment of a person alleged to be of unsound mind or otherwise in need of confinement in a hospital or other institution for his proper care, it is determined after such adjudication of the status of such person as may be required by law that commitment to a hospital for mental disease or other institution is necessary for safekeeping or treatment and it appears that such person is eligible for care or treatment by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs or other agency of the United States government, the court, upon receipt of a certificate from the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs or such other agency showing that facilities are available and that such person is eligible for care or treatment therein, may commit such person to the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs or other agency.

Source: SDC 1939, § 35.1915; SL 1943, ch 136, § 18; SDC Supp 1960, § 35.1918 (1); SL 1993, ch 213, § 177; SDCL § 30-33-2; SL 1995, ch 167, § 175.