<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 58-18-77 - Shorter hospital stay permitted--Follow-up within forty-eight hours required. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2075399Normal { 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.s2075399SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075399CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075399CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075399Normal-000001 { 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.s2075399DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075399DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075399000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075399SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075399SCL-000004 { 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="s2075399Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-18-77"><span class="s2075399SENU">58-18-77</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075399SENU">. </span><span class="s2075399CL">Shorter hospital stay permitted--Follow</span><span class="s2075399CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2075399CL">up within forty</span><span class="s2075399CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2075399CL">eight hours required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075399Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont">If the treating physician determines that the mother and the newborn meet medical criteria contained in Guidelines for Perinatal Care, Third Edition, of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as in effect on January 1, 1996, a group health insurance policy may provide coverage for a shorter length of hospital inpatient stay for services related to maternity and newborn care than is required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-18-76"><span class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont">58-18-76</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont"> if the coverage includes one follow</span><span class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont">up visit in the first forty</span><span class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2075399DefaultParagraphFont">eight hours after discharge to verify the condition of the mother and newborn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075399Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075399000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075399Normal"><span class="s2075399SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075399SCL-000004"> SL 1996, ch 292, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>