<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 34-54-1 - Definitions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083436Normal { 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.s2083436SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083436CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083436Statute { 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.s2083436DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083436StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2083436DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Limits any per visit charge to less than the monthly equivalent of the periodic fee;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083436StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083436DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Primary care service," any service for the purpose of promotion of health or the detection and management of disease or injury within the competency and training of the primary care provider, including screenings, assessments, diagnoses, and treatments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083436Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083436000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083436NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083436DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083436SCL">SL 2021, ch 159, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>