South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 67 - Department of Social Services
Article 67:62 - Mental Health
Chapter 67:62:02 - Accreditation
Section 67:62:02:01 - Definitions

(1) "Comprehensive survey," a planned, on-site survey of the center, by a team of representatives from the department, for the purposes of evaluating compliance with standards for accreditation renewal and assessing the quality of services provided;

(2) "Plan of correction," a plan created by a center to organize the process of making improvements in clinical or administrative practice, in order to address issues that are identified by the department and require corrective action or improvement to meet the requirements of this article;

(3) "Probation," a status of restricted accreditation of a center that fails to follow the requirements for accreditation;

(4) "Revocation," the permanent withdrawing of a center's accreditation by the department;

(5) "Root cause analysis," a process to identify the fundamental reason for a failure or inefficiency of process that allowed for a mistake, including the occurrence or possible occurrence of a sentinel event, to determine how to change procedures so mistakes are less likely, and then make the change;

(6) "Suspension," the temporary withdrawing of a center's accreditation by the department.