44:73:06:04.  Nursing policies and procedures. The facility shall establish and maintain policies and procedures that assist the nursing staff with meeting the following administrative and technical responsibilities:

    (1)  The noting of diagnostic and therapeutic orders;

    (2)  Assigning the nursing care of residents;

    (3)  Administration and control of medications;

    (4)  Charting by nurses;

    (5)  Documentation by healthcare personnel;

    (6)  Infection control;

    (7)  Resident safety;

    (8)  Delineation of orders from nonphysician practitioners; and

    (9)  Activities of daily living to maintain each resident's physical functioning and personal care.

    For the purposes of this section, the term "activities of daily living" means tasks of transferring, moving about, dressing, grooming, toileting, bathing, and eating performed routinely by a person to maintain physical functioning and personal care.

    Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; transferred from § 44:04:06:04, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024.

    General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13.