34-51-1. Definitions.Terms used in this chapter mean:(1)'Advanced illness,' any progressive disease, medical, or surgical condition that entails significant functional impairment, that is not considered by a treating physician to be reversible even with administration of current federally approved and available treatments, and that without life sustaining procedures, would result in death;(2)'Investigational drug, biological product, or device,' any drug, biological product, or device that has successfully completed phase 1 of a clinical trial but has not yet been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration and remains under investigation in a United States Food and Drug Administration approved clinical trial;(3)'Physician,' any person who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 36-4. Source: SL 2015, ch 188, §1.
South Dakota Legal Code