CHAPTER 116

(SB 146)

Professional corporations and practitioners,
time limited for bringing actions.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  limit the time for bringing actions against certain professional corporations and professional practitioners.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  No action may be brought after July 1, 2006, against any professional corporation formed pursuant to chapter 47-11, 47-11A, 47-11B, 47-11C, 47-11D, 47-11E, 47-12, 47-13, 47- 13A, or 47-13B, or any shareholder of such corporation, or against any person individually engaged as one of the following professionals: physicians, chiropractors, optometrists, podiatrists, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, veterinarians, lawyers, and public accountants, for any act or omission that occurred prior to January 1, 1980.

     Signed February 18, 2005

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