<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.s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0 { 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.s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000003 { 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="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:05:02:17"><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">44</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">:</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">05</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">:</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">02</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">:</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000000">17</span></a><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000001">.  Mandatory response time.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">An ambulance service that operates a ground ambulance shall</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> respond to </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">ninety</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> percent of all emergency calls received within </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">fifteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> minutes after receiving the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">call. The </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">ambulance service shall</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> respond to any emergency call within a maximum of </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">twenty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> minutes after</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">receiving the call. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">For the purposes of this section, </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">"</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">r</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">espond to</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">,</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">" means the ground ambulance is enroute to the location where</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">emergency medical services have been requested.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">    </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> 20 SDR 204, effective June 9, 1994; 30 SDR 125, effective February 22, 2004;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">transferred from §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:05:03:02.01"><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000003">44:05:03:02.01</span></a><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">, 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017; 51 SDR 36, effective September 30, 2024</span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">    </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000003">34-11-5</span></a><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">    </span><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0-000003">34-11-5</span></a><span class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7cab07-1aee-46b5-9159-bef8697c36a3000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>