s. Each specialized hospital, critical access hospital, and rural emergency hospital must have a transfer agreement with one or more hospitals to provide services not available on site or each physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner must have admitting privileges to a Medicare participating or nonparticipating hospital. A rural emergency hospital must have a transfer agreement with a level 1 or level 2 trauma center. Any agreement must provide for an interchange of medical and other necessary information.

Source: 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015 ; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 (5).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2015-10-13.