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44:05:06:06Procedures to be withheld on a person in cardiac

Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗

arrest with an apparently valid standard form or bracelet. If a person with an apparently valid standard form for an EMS cardiopulmonary resuscitation directive or bracelet as provided by this chapter goes into cardiac or respiratory arrest, emergency medical service personnel shall withhold, or, if already begun, immediately withdraw the following resuscitation measures: (1) Chest compressions; (2) Defibrillation; (3) Advanced airway procedures; (4) Assisted breathing; or (5) Administration of resuscitation medications.

Source: 32 SDR 38, effective September 5, 2005.