<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.sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0 { 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.sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8f000003 { 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="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:75:06:07"><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000000">44:75:06:07</span></a><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000001">.  Hospice services.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> Each facility offering hospice services</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:79:01:01"><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000002">44:79:01:01</span></a><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> shall provide services to </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">terminally ill individual or arrange for </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> services by a hospice program under a written plan established and periodically reviewed by the individual's attending physician</span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">, physician assistant, or nurse pracitioner</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">. The hospice agency shall provide for care and services in the facility or on a short-term inpatient basis. Personnel providing hospice care shall include at least one physician, one registered nurse, and one social worker. </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">U</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">nlicensed </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">personnel</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> of a facility may not accept any delegated </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">nursing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> tasks from any hospice providers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8f000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">    </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">    </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">(7).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">    </span><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfe536f2e-4ead-48ae-bd7a-c8937b7eca8f000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>