<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.s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0 { 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.s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcd000003 { 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="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:70:04:02"><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000000">44:70:04:02</span></a><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000001">.  Administrator.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> The governing body shall designate a qualified administrator to represent the owner or governing body and to be responsible for the daily overall management of the facility. The administrator shall designate a qualified person to represent the administrator during the administrator's absence. The governing body shall notify the department in writing of any change of administrator. The administrator of </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">a facility must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> be a licensed health professional, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">be </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">a graduate from an accredited institution of a higher learning program for long-term healthcare or health service administration program, or complete a department</span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">approved assisted living administrator course. </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">If completing a department-approved assisted living administrator course, the facility administrator must be supervised</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> by a qualified administrator with at least two years </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">experience as an administrator until the </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">course</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> is complete.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> The administrator must provide a certificate of completion and an attestation statement that the administrator has read article </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:70"><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000002">44:70</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> to the department before the administrator is considered qualified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcd000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">    The administrator or designee must be available to meet the needs of the residents or to meet with a resident and family when needed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcd000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">    </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012</span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019; 50 SDR 19, effective August 30, 2023</span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">    </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">    </span><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8b310130-164e-4bad-aace-ae618aa22bcd000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>