S.D. Admin. R. 67:16:11:01

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 67:16:11:01 - Definitions

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment" or "EPSDT," screening and diagnostic services available to eligible individuals under 21 years of age to determine physical or mental status and provide health care treatment and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects or chronic conditions discovered;

(2) "Extended home health aide services," those nursing-related services not required to be performed by a licensed health professional but prescribed by a licensed physician;

(3) "Plan of care," the written plan developed by a licensed nurse in response to the attending physician's written order to the nurse prescribing the needed services and the duration of those services;

(4) "Private duty nursing," nursing services as defined in SDCL 36-9-3 for technology-dependent individuals who require more than three consecutive hours of patient care than is available from a visiting nurse or routinely provided by the nursing staff of a hospital or nursing facility;

(5) "Psychologist," for services provided in South Dakota, a person licensed under SDCL 36-27A-12 or 36-27A-13; for services provided in another state, a person licensed as a psychologist in the state where the services are provided. For purposes of the medical assistance program, a person practicing under SDCL 36-27A-11 is specifically excluded;

(6) "Screening," the use of examination procedures to determine the existence of certain physical or mental illnesses or conditions; and

(7) "Technology-dependent individual," an individual who relies on life-sustaining medical technology to compensate for the loss of a vital body function and requires ongoing, complex, hospital-level nursing care to avert death or further disability.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:16:11:01

SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective 7/1/1981; 17 SDR 37, effective 9/11/1990; 17 SDR 184, effective 6/6/1991; 18 SDR 98, effective 12/9/1991; 18 SDR 209, effective 6/23/1992; 19 SDR 165, effective 5/3/1993; 23 SDR 197, effective 5/26/1997; 26 SDR 168, effective 7/1/2000; 35 SDR 88, effective 10/23/2008.

General Authority: SDCL 28-6-1.

Law Implemented: SDCL 28-6-1.