A rural emergency hospital is a health care facility previously licensed as a hospital that provides emergency care on a twenty-four-hour basis, is located in a municipality under fifty thousand population that has no acute inpatient services, and that has in effect a transfer agreement with a level I or II trauma hospital, as designated by the Department of Health, to accept patients from the rural emergency hospital.

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Rural Emergency Hospital Regulations

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), SD Codified Statute, and SD Administrative rural emergency hospital regulations.

  • CMS Acute Care Hospital Regulations Appendix O (Currently Under Construction)
  • Emergency Preparedness Manual
  • Licensing Application (Currently Under Construction)

Rural Emergency Hospital Resources

Contact

For South Dakota requirements to become a certified rural emergency hospital (REH) provider contact:

Heidi Durband, Public Health Advisor
605-910-7186
Heidi.Durband@state.sd.us