<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>p.s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0 { 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.s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5000003 { 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="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:09:06"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000000">44:73:09:06</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000001">.  Retention of medical records.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> A facility shall retain medical records for a minimum of ten years from the date of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">established</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> resident care. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">The facility shall retain the r</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">ecords of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">a </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">minor </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">until the minor reaches</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> the age of majority plus an additional two years, but no less than ten years from </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">the date of established</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> resident care. Initial, annual, and significant-change resident assessment records</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> required </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">by </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:06:10"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000002">44:73:06:10</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">must</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> be retained for ten years from the date of </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">established </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">resident care. The retention of the record for ten years is not affected by additional and future visit dates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> 19 SDR 172, effective May 19, 1993; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 27 SDR 59, effective December 17, 2000; 28 SDR 83, effective December 16, 2001; 31 SDR 62, effective November 7, 2004; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:09:08"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000002">44:04:09:08</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000002">34-12-13</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0"> Storage of medical records, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:09:07"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0-000002">44:73:09:07</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s2f7baa0a-8f3a-497c-a970-42d709ce40a5000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>