<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.s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0 { 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.s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:45:03:01"><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000000">67:45:03:01</span></a><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000001">.  Definitions.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0"> Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    (1)  "Case mix," the mixture of residents of different classifications within a nursing facility;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    (2)  "Classification," a system of mutually exclusive categories that relate a resident's needs to the resident's cost of care;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    (3)  "Nurse consultant," a registered nurse employed by the department to validate resident classifications used to establish payment levels for the facility;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    (4)  "Nursing facility," a facility licensed as a nursing facility by the Department of Health and maintained and operated for the express or implied purpose of providing care to one or more persons, whether for consideration or not, who are not acutely ill but require nursing care and related medical services of such complexity as to require professional nursing care under the direction of a physician </span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0"> hours a day; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    (5)  "</span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">A</span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">ssessment," a comprehensive assessment</span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">, completed using the resident assessment instrument described in § 67:73:06:10,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0"> of the functional, medical, mental, nursing, and psychosocial needs of a resident of a nursing facility and includes admission, readmission, and discharge information as applicable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    </span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0"> 26 SDR 21, effective August 24, 1999</span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">; 50 SDR 11, effective August 7, 2023</span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    </span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000003">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">    </span><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0-000003">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s772e9b0b-5140-4bbd-9957-31b966f6335b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>