<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.s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0 { 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.s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000001"> of patients.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> A facility shall accept </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">and retain </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">patients </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">based on the facility's capabilities to meet the needs of the patients, the services provided in accordance with the facility's classification as determined by the facility's governing body, and with written policies and procedures that</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    (1)  A patient accepted for care by a licensed facility </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> be housed </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">and treated </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">within the facility;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    (</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">2</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">)  </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">Healthcare</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> personnel essential to maintaining </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">sufficient personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> may not leave a facility during their tour of duty in the facility to provide services to persons who are not patients of the facility with the exception of providing emergency care on premises contiguous to the facility's property;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    (</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">3</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">)  </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">For a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> hospital</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">, if the facility accepts or retains a patient </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">for other than short-term acute care</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">it must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> provide the facilities, equipment, programs, and care needed by the patient;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    (</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">4</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">)  A facility that accept</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> or retain</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">s a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> patient </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">with a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> developmental disabilit</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">y, as defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27B-1-18"><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000003">27B-1-18</span></a><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">a patient with a </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">mental disease</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> that causes the patient to lack sufficient undertanding or capacity to make responsible decisions to meet the ordinary demands of life, as evidenced by the patient's behavior, or that causes the patient to be a danger to self or others,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> shall provide facilities and programs consistent with the needs of the patient;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    (</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">)  If </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">person other than </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">an </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">inpatient </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> accepted for care or to participate in any </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">nursing service, dietary</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> service, or activity </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">program, the facility must include the person</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> in the evaluation of staffing of nursing, dietary, and activity programs; and the provision of an infection control program. Services </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">or programs </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">provided to persons other than inpatients may not infringe upon the needs of the inpatients; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    (</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">6</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">)  A critical access hospital may provide inpatient acute care up to an annual average length of stay of </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">ninety-six</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> hours.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    A facility may not accept or retain a patient who requires care in excess of the classification for which it is licensed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000003">34-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">    </span><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000003">34-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4195bfa9-0ddb-45fc-a7f8-5adf9c8783cf000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>