South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 67 - Department of Social Services
Article 67:16 - Covered medical services
Chapter 67:16:03 - Hospital services
Section 67:16:03:01.03 - Determination of emergency hospital care
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024
The physician or other licensed practitioner on duty or on call at a hospital must determine whether the individual requires emergency hospital care. The need for emergency hospital care is established when the absence of emergency care could be expected to result in one of the following:
(1) Death;
(2) Additional serious jeopardy to the individual's health;
(3) Serious impairment to the individual's bodily functions; or
(4) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.
Emergency hospital service does not include that care for which treatment is available and routinely provided in a clinic or office.
General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1(1).
