<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.sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0 { 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.sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000003 { 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="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:05:02:16"><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">44</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">:</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">05</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">:</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">02</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">:</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000000">16</span></a><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000001">.  Twenty-four hour, seven-day service required.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">An ambulance service shall</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> provide service to the public </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> hours </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">per</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> day, </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">seven</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> days </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">per</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> week.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">    </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> 2 SDR 26, effective October 9, 1975; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 20 SDR</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">204, effective June 9, 1994; 30 SDR 125, effective February 22, 2004; transferred from</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">§</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:05:03:02"><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000003">44:05:03:02</span></a><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">, 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017; 51 SDR 36, effective September 30, 2024</span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">    </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000003">34-11-5</span></a><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">    </span><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0-000003">34-11-5</span></a><span class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb2091ec3-d466-4bde-b5a3-4a1d000e4a06000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>