Section 34-12D-9 - Providing for patient's comfort and related needs--Responsibility of health careprovider.
34-12D-9. Providing for patient's comfort and related needs--Responsibility of health care provider. This chapter does not affect the responsibility of any health care provider to provide treatment when necessary to alleviate pain or to provide for the patient's comfort, hygiene, or human dignity.
Source: SL 1991, ch 273, § 9; SL 2007, ch 193, § 5.