Section 34-8-15 - Lien for cost of hospital services provided persons other than county charges.
34-8-15. Lien for cost of hospital services provided persons other than county charges. Whenever any county within this state, maintaining and operating a hospital under the provisions of this chapter, is requested to and does furnish the use of its hospital and its facilities to any person or to any member of such person's family, who may be other than persons defined as "county charges without means," the county in such case shall have a lien upon all of the property, real and personal, except property absolutely exempt from seizure and sale, of such person who receives the use of such hospital and its facilities for the cost of the services charged to such person for the use of such hospital and its facilities.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1906 as added by SL 1957, ch 120.