<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.s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0 { 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.s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcb000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000003 { 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="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:75:01:02.01"><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000000">44:75:01:02.01</span></a><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000001">.  Rural emergency hospital -- Services.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0"> </span><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">A rural emergency hospital must provide emergency department services, observation care, outpatient medical care, and other health care services with a patient length of stay of less than twenty-four hours. A rural emergency hospital may not provide inpatient services, except those furnished in a unit that is a distinct part of the rural emergency hospital and is licensed as a skilled nursing facility to furnish posthospital extended care services.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcb000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">    </span><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0"> </span><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">    </span><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000003">34-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">    </span><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcbP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4f26c293-ee6b-4d53-a804-e1417bbf2bcb000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>