<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.s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0 { margin-top: 0; line-height: 12.0pt; 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; } span.s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521000003 { 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="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:75:01:04"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000000">44:75:01:04</span></a><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000001">.  Bed capacity.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> The department shall establish the bed capacity of each facility </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">in accordance with chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:75:13"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">44:75:13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:75:14"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">44:75:14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">. The patient census may not exceed the bed capacity for which the facility is licensed. A request by the facility for an adjustment in bed capacity because of change of purpose or construction </span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">may only</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> be approved by the department before any changes are made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">A critical access hospital (CAH) may license no more than </span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">twenty-five</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> beds. A CAH may establish a distinct part </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">with no more than ten beds. The distinct part's </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">beds </span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">do</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> not count toward the CAH bed limit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">    A rural emergeny hospital may license no more than fifty beds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">    </span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">    </span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-6"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">34-12-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">(3)(9), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">34-12-7</span></a><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">    </span><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-1-17"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">34-1-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">(4), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">34-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-14"><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0-000002">34-12-14</span></a><span class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4e2d24f4-a8c0-4a87-9631-4c2a79121521000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>