<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.s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0 { 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.s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711c000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000003 { 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="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:75:05:03"><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000000">44:75:05:03</span></a><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000001">.  Emergency physician coverage.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0"> A patient's physician shall arrange for the care of the patient by an alternate physician during the physician's unavailability. A hospital shall have one or more physicians on duty or call at all times and available to the hospital on-site, by telephone</span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0"> or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">by </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">other reliable communications device within </span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0"> minutes to give necessary orders or medical care to patients in case of emergency.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711c000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">    </span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0"> 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">    </span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">(6).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">    </span><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s93f98a8d-e3a4-4f07-b05a-44bfebd0711c000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>