<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 34-12-55 - Each facility to meet requirements of one of designated levels of trauma hospital. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2056467Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2056467SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056467CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2056467Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2056467DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056467000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056467SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2056467SCL-000002 { 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="s2056467Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-12-55"><span class="s2056467SENU">34-12-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056467SENU">. </span><span class="s2056467CL">Each facility to meet requirements of one of designated levels of trauma hospital.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056467Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056467DefaultParagraphFont">Each hospital or freestanding emergency medical care facility shall meet the requirements of one of the designated levels of trauma hospitals as provided for in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-12-54"><span class="s2056467DefaultParagraphFont">34-12-54</span></a><span class="s2056467DefaultParagraphFont">. The department may not direct a hospital or freestanding emergency medical care facility to establish a certain level of designation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056467Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056467000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2056467Normal"><span class="s2056467SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2056467SCL-000002"> SL 2008, ch 168, § 4; SL 2017, ch 150, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>