<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.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P1 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0 { 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.s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:45:03:06"><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000000">67:45:03:06</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">C</span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">onference.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">T</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">he nurse consultant shall conduct </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">conference with the administrator of the facility </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> the facility's director of nursing </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">to present any finding of the review conducted pursuant to </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:45:03:04"><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000002">67:45:03:04</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">. The </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">conference must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> address the following items, as applicable:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    (1)  Areas which need improvement;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    (2)  Assessments requiring classification and payment changes;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    (3)  Error patterns;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    (4)  Staff education and training needs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    Before the conference is concluded, the department shall give the facility </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">staff </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">the opportunity to provide additional information or explanations about discrepancies in the coding or documentation of the assessment. If the facility </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">staff </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">cannot provide evidence that supports its coding of the assessment, the decision of the nurse consultant stands.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    Staff from the nursing facility who attend the conference must sign the conference attendance sheet as an indication that the conference was held and that they attended.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> 26 SDR 21, effective August 24, 1999</span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">; 50 SDR 11, effective August 7, 2023</span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    </span><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">Payment adjustment due to review of resident assessment, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:45:03:08"><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0-000002">67:45:03:08</span></a><span class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04add780-28fb-45e1-9586-a52a4969d464000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>