South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:80 - Residential hospice facilities
Chapter 44:80:01 - Rules of general applicability
Section 44:80:01:05 - Restrictions on acceptance of residents

(1) The facility shall ensure hospice services are provided to residents by a Medicare hospice agency certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

(2) A resident accepted for care by a residential hospice shall be housed within the facility covered by the license;

(3) A licensed residential hospice may not accept or retain a resident who requires care in excess of the classification for which it is licensed;

(4) Personnel essential to maintaining adequate staff may not leave a licensed hospice during the persons tour of duty in the hospice to provide services to a person who is not a resident of the hospice with the exception of providing emergency care on premises contiguous to the hospice's property; and

(5) A licensed hospice facility may only admit and retain a resident certified by a physician as terminally ill.