The rate of payment for ground or air ambulance service is the base fee, loaded mileage, and other medically necessary covered services.

Payment is limited to the lesser of the provider's usual and customary charge or the fee contained on the department's fee schedule website.

The procedures and associated rates of payment are subject to review and amendment under the provisions of § 67:16:01:28.

Source: 7 SDR 23, effective September 18, 1980; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 11 SDR 26, effective August 21, 1984; 16 SDR 234, effective July 1, 1990; 17 SDR 201, effective July 1, 1991; 21 SDR 68, effective October 13, 1994; 22 SDR 94, effective January 10, 1996; 26 SDR 157, effective June 7, 2000; 28 SDR 166, effective June 12, 2002; 35 SDR 253, effective May 12, 2009; 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015.

General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1 , 28-6- 1 .1.

Prior versions effective: 2009-05-12.