South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 67 - Department of Social Services
Article 67:54 - Medical programs administered by Department of Human Services
Chapter 67:54:05 - Nursing facility for individuals with a mental disease
Section 67:54:05:01 - Definitions

(1) "Interdisciplinary team," a team under the auspices of a nursing home or the Department of Human Services which consists of a physician who is either a psychiatrist or is supervised by a psychiatrist, a qualified mental health professional, and other professionals, as appropriate, which prepares a plan of care for an individual admitted to a nursing facility for individuals with a mental disease;

(2) "Mental disease," the verifiable existence and manifested persistence of a severe mental illness as defined in SDCL 27A-1-1, which requires specialized psychiatric services beyond monitoring of psychotropic medication;

(3) "Nursing facility for individuals with mental disease," a facility licensed as a nursing home by the Department of Health which is maintained and operated for the express or implied purpose of providing care for individuals with mental disease who require specialized psychiatric services and professional nursing care under the direction of a physician 24 hours a day;

(4) "Plan of care," the individual treatment plan developed and supervised by an interdisciplinary team which is designed to obtain improvement in the individual's functioning and alleviate the need for specialized psychiatric services at the earliest possible time;

(5) "Specialized psychiatric services," continuous and aggressive therapies and activities which direct and reduce behavior symptoms, improve an individual's level of functioning, are contained in an individual's plan of care, and require supervision of a psychiatrist for the treatment of an acute episode of a severe mental illness;

(6) "Utilization control team," a team under the auspices of the Department of Human Services which consists of a qualified mental health professional as defined in SDCL 27A-1-3 and a registered nurse.