27A-4-17. Disposition of funds left by deceased patients--Credit to special fund--Notice of unclaimed funds. If a patient of the center dies, leaving funds at the center, the administrator of the center shall turn the funds over to the department for the sole use and benefit of the center. The funds shall be subject to refund within one year to any creditor, dependent, or heir, who establishes a right to the funds or any portion thereof. All the funds shall be credited to a fund designated as the unclaimed funds account. The center shall give, within thirty days of the death, notice of the unclaimed funds to all individuals listed as relatives in the center's records and any and all known creditors including the Department of Social Services.
Source: SL 1961, ch 157, § 1; SDCL, § 27-4-28; SL 1975, ch 181, § 61; SL 1989, ch 21, § 75; SL 1991, ch 220, § 20; SL 1996, ch 181, § 2.
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