27B-3-23. Minors eligible for voluntary admission.Any person who is under the age of eighteen years and who has a developmental disability may be admitted to the South Dakota Developmental Center on a voluntary admission basis in accordance with procedures established by the Department of Human Services if an application for admission has been executed by the person's parent, guardian, or, in the absence of a parent or guardian, a person acting as a parent in loco parentis. Source: SL 2000, ch 131, §25.
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