44:73:04:10.  Prevention and control of pneumonia. Each facility shall arrange for immunization for pneumococcal disease. If immunization is lacking and the resident's physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner recommends immunization, the nursing facility must arrange for an immunization for pneumococcal pneumonia within fourteen days of the resident's admission. The facility shall record the immunization or the resident's refusal to receive the immunization in the resident's medical record.

    Source: 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; transferred from § 44:04:04:07.04, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024.

    General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13, 34-22-9.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13, 34-22-9.