<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9000003 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:05:01:01"><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000000">44:05:01:01</span></a><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000001">.  Definitions.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> Words </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">and phrases </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-2"><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000002">34-11-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> have the same meaning when used in this article. In addition, </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">as</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> used in this article</span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">, the term, response, means</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> the response</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">of an ambulance and personnel to an emergency for the purpose of rendering medical care or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">transportation, or both</span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> to someone ill or injured, cancelled calls, no transport</span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">s,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> and standby</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">events where medical care may be rendered.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">    </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> 2 SDR 26, effective October 9, 1975; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 12 SDR 58, effective October 14, 1985; 20 SDR 204, effective June 9, 1994; 30 SDR 125, effective February 22, 2004; 41 SDR 218, effective July 1, 2015</span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">; 42 SDR 173, effective July 1, 2016; 44 SDR 17, effective August 7, 2017; 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017; 51 SDR 36, effective September 30, 2024</span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">    </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000002">34-11-5</span></a><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">    </span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-2"><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000002">34-11-</span><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000002">2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0-000002">34-11-5</span></a><span class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18378e8a-8845-4ace-92a6-1ea48f3101e9000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>