The facility shall establish and maintain policies and procedures that assist the nursing staff with meeting its administrative and technical responsibilities in providing care to patients including:

1. (1) The noting of diagnostic and therapeutic orders;
2. (2) Assigning the nursing care of patients;
3. (3) Administration and control of medications;
4. (4) Charting by nursing personnel;
5. (5) Infection control;
6. (6) Patient safety;
7. (7) Delineation of orders from nonphysician practitioners; and
8. (8) Discharge planning.

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

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 (7).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2015-10-13.