<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 34-12-54 - Promulgation of rules regarding trauma care system. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2056466Normal { 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.s2056466SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056466CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056466Normal-000000 { 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.s2056466DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056466Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; 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.s2056466000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056466SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056466SCL-000003 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-12-54"><span class="s2056466SENU">34-12-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056466SENU">. </span><span class="s2056466CL">Promulgation of rules regarding trauma care system.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056466DefaultParagraphFont">The department shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2056466DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2056466DefaultParagraphFont">, to provide for a trauma care system and statewide trauma registry. The rules shall include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal-000001"><span class="s2056466DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Designation of the levels of trauma hospitals or freestanding emergency medical care facilities and the resources each hospital or freestanding emergency medical care facility is required to have concerning personnel, equipment, data collection, and organizational capacity for each level;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal-000001"><span class="s2056466DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Prehospital emergency medical services triage and treatment protocols for trauma patients; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal-000001"><span class="s2056466DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Requirements for collection and release of trauma registry data.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056466000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056466Normal"><span class="s2056466SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056466SCL-000003"> SL 2008, ch 168, § 3; SL 2017, ch 150, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>