<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.s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0 { 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.s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bd000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000003 { 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="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:05:03"><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000000">44:73:05:03</span></a><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000001">.  Medical orders.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> All medical orders, including verbal orders, </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> be in writing or electronic format and signed by </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">a physician, physician assistant, or nurse</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> practitioner. </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">A verbal order</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> may be taken only when there is an urgent need to initiate or change a medical order. The </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">physician, physician assistant, or nurse </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">practitioner shall sign or initial </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">any verbal</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> orders for residents on the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">physician's, physician assistant's, or nurse practitioner's </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">next visit to the facility. Each resident's </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">physician, physician assistant, or nurse </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">practitioner is responsible for documenting written orders and progress notes on each resident's clinical record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bd000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">    </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 27 SDR 59, effective December 17, 2000; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:05:02"><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000003">44:04:05:02</span></a><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">    </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">    </span><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bdP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2da3bb89-65aa-456e-8f64-502c6f1815bd000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>