19-19-510. Waiver of privilege by voluntary disclosure.
A person upon whom this chapter confers a privilege against disclosure waives the privilege if he or his predecessor while holder of the privilege voluntarily discloses or consents to disclosure of any significant part of the privileged matter. This section does not apply if the disclosure itself is privileged.
Source: SL 1979, ch 358 (Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 510); SDCL §19-13-26.