Except for Medicare prospective payment system hospitals, if a hospital provides any of the outpatient surgical procedures covered under § 67:16:28:04, the department shall assign the hospital to one of the following classifications, as applicable:
(1) Class I, a hospital which has 60 beds or less;(2) Class II, a hospital which has more than 60 beds; and(3) Class III, regardless of the number of beds, a hospital which is a specialized surgical hospital, is located in a city which has an ambulatory surgical center or a specialized surgical hospital, or is an out-of-state facility.S.D. Admin. R. 67:16:03:06.10
23 SDR 232, effective 7/10/1997; 35 SDR 49, effective 9/10/2008; 43 SDR 80, effective 12/5/2016General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1.