<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.sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0 { 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.sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000003 { 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="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:04:16"><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000000">44:73:04:16</span></a><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000001">.  Transfer agreements.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> Each facility shall have a transfer agreement with one or more hospitals </span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">able</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> to provide prompt inpatient hospital care to the facility's residents when needed. The agreement </span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> provide for an interchange of medical and other information necessary or useful in the care and treatment of </span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">a resident</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> transferred between the facilities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">    </span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> Transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:04:07"><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000003">44:04:04:07</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">, 17 SDR 122, effective February 24, 1991; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:04:15"><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000003">44:04:04:15</span></a><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">    </span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">    </span><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb4c926f1-465b-4015-88bb-a389c4b84d73000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>