<html> <head> <title>Rule 67:54:05:01 Definitions.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 67:54:05:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 67:54:05:01 Definitions."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>67:54:05:01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions.</b> Terms used in this chapter mean:</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Interdisciplinary team,&quot; a team under the auspices of a nursing home or the Department of Human Services which consists of a physician who is either a psychiatrist or is supervised by a psychiatrist, a qualified mental health professional, and other professionals, as appropriate, which prepares a plan of care for an individual admitted to a nursing facility for individuals with a mental disease;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Mental disease,&quot; the verifiable existence and manifested persistence of a severe mental illness as defined in SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=27A-1-1">27A-1-1</A>, which requires specialized psychiatric services beyond monitoring of psychotropic medication;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Nursing facility for individuals with mental disease,&quot; a facility licensed as a nursing home by the Department of Health which is maintained and operated for the express or implied purpose of providing care for individuals with mental disease who require specialized psychiatric services and professional nursing care under the direction of a physician 24 hours a day;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Plan of care,&quot; the individual treatment plan developed and supervised by an interdisciplinary team which is designed to obtain improvement in the individual's functioning and alleviate the need for specialized psychiatric services at the earliest possible time;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Specialized psychiatric services,&quot; continuous and aggressive therapies and activities which direct and reduce behavior symptoms, improve an individual's level of functioning, are contained in an individual's plan of care, and require supervision of a psychiatrist for the treatment of an acute episode of a severe mental illness;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Utilization control team,&quot; a team under the auspices of the Department of Human Services which consists of a qualified mental health professional as defined in SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=27A-1-3">27A-1-3</A> and a registered nurse.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 20 SDR 170, effective April 18, 1994.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-6-1">28-6-1.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-6-1">28-6-1.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>