<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.s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0 { 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.s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30c000003 { 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="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:09:09"><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000000">44:73:09:09</span></a><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000001">.  Disposition of medical records on closure of facility or transfer of ownership.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> If a facility ceases operation, the facility </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> provide for safe storage and prompt retrieval of medical records and the resident indexes specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:09:06"><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000002">44:73:09:06</span></a><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">. The facility may arrange storage of medical records with another health care facility of the same licensure classification, transfer medical records to another health care provider at the request of the resident</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> or the resident's legal representative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">, relinquish medical records to the resident or the resident's legal </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">representative</span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">, or arrange storage of remaining medical records with a third</span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">party vendor who </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">provides secure storage of health care records</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">. At least </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> days before closure, the facility shall notify the department in writing indicating the provisions for the safe preservation of medical records and </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">the record's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> location and publish in </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">the nearest legal</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> newspaper </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">or share on the facility's website </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">the location and disposition arrangements of the medical records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">    If ownership of the facility is transferred, the new owner </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> maintain the medical records </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">in accordance with this chapter</span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">    </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> 19 SDR 172, effective May 19, 1993; 27 SDR 59, effective December 17, 2000; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:09:11"><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000002">44:04:09:11</span></a><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">    </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">    </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">    </span><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0"> Storage of medical records, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:09:07"><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0-000002">44:73:09:07</span></a><span class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3fb7813b-f31a-4a45-a4c4-fd35613be30c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>