<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.s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0 { 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.s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116c000003 { 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="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:70:08:06"><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000000">44:70:08:06</span></a><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000001">.  Disposition of care records on closure of facility or transfer of ownership.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> If a facility ceases operation, the facility </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> provide for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> safe</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">storage and prompt retrieval of care records and the resident indexes </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">and abstract </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:70:08:05"><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000002">44:70:08:05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">. The facility may arrange storage of care records with another health care facility of the same licensure classification, transfer care records to another health care provider at the request of the resident, relinquish </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">care</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> records to the resident or the resident's legal </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">representative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">, or arrange storage of remaining </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">care</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> records with a third</span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">party vendor who </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">provides secure storage of healthcare records</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">. At least </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> days before closure, the facility shall notify the department in writing indicating the provisions for the safe preservation of care records and the location</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> of the care records,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> and </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">shall </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">publish </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">or share </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">in </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">the nearest</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> newspaper </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">or the facility's website </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">the location and disposition arrangements of the care records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">    If ownership of the facility is transferred, the new owner </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> maintain the care records </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">in accordance with this chapter</span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">    </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019</span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">; 50 SDR 19, effective August 30, 2023</span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">    </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">(10).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">    </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">    </span><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000001">Cross -Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0"> Storage of care records, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:70:08:04"><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0-000002">44:70:08:04</span></a><span class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6ee47d87-6422-436c-9ae8-40103c11116c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>