<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-12-35.12 - Regional nursing facility--Designation.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083539Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083539SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083539CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083539Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083539DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083539StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2083539StatuteNumber2 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083539000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083539NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083539DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083539SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 34-12-35.12 - Regional nursing facility--Designation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 34-12-35.12 - Regional nursing facility--Designation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-35.12"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-12-35.12" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083539SENU">34-12-35.12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083539SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083539CL">Regional nursing facility--Designation. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539Statute"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">A nursing facility may submit to the Department of Human Services an application for designation as a regional nursing facility. In order to obtain the designation, a nursing facility must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Be enrolled and in good standing with South Dakota Medicaid;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Provide home and community-based services in the region through an affiliation or a contractual arrangement;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Demonstrate intent to construct a new nursing facility or to substantially remodel an existing facility, upon merging with one or more health care facilities within a thirty-mile radius;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Demonstrate that the newly constructed nursing facility or the substantially remodeled facility will:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Support a homelike environment with a cluster, neighborhood, or household model layout;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Contain single occupancy rooms and toilet areas;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Abide by best practices regarding infection control and prevention;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    Allow for private visitation; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    Support other best practices related to aging;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Meet any other criteria set forth in rules promulgated by the department for the implementation of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539Statute"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">Upon approval of the application and completion of the construction or remodeling referenced in this section, the department shall designate the facility as a regional nursing facility. Upon a determination by the department that the proposal is budget-neutral for South Dakota Medicaid, the department shall reimburse the facility in accordance with the regional nursing facility rate methodology.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">The department may promulgate rules, in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont">, to implement this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083539000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083539NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083539DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083539SCL">SL 2021, ch 141, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>