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Public Health Statute and Rule

Direct links to selected South Dakota public health laws and administrative rules can be found below. The complete South Dakota Codified Law (SDCL) and Administrative Rules of South Dakota (ARSD) are available on the state's Legislative Research Council site.

South Dakota Administrative Rules notices and scheduled hearings

Communicable Disease Control
SDCL 34-22 - Contagious Disease Control
SDCL 34-23 - Venereal Diseases
SDCL 13-28-7.1 - Immunizations, School Entry
SDCL 40-12 - Rabies Control
ARSD 44:20 - Communicable Disease Control
ARSD 44:12 -Tattooing & Body Piercing

Children's Special Health Services (Health KiCC)
ARSD 44:06 - Children's Special Health Services

Emergency Medical Services
SDCL 34-11 - Ambulance Service
SDCL 34-11A - Ambulance Districts
SDCL 36-4B - Advanced Life Support Personnel
SDCL 34-12F - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Directives
ARSD 44:05 - Ambulance Operation
ARSD 20:61 - Advanced Life Support

State Trauma System

SDCL 34-12-52 - Terms Related to Trauma Care
SDCL 34-12-53 - Trauma Registry
SDCL 34-12-54 - Trauma Care System Rules
SDCL 34-12-55 - Trauma Hospital Requirements
ARSD 44:68 - Trauma Care System

Food Service & Lodging Licensure
SDCL 34-18 - Health Regulation of Lodging, Food Service, Campgrounds
SDCL 34-18-22.3 - Fire Safety Standards for Vacation Home Establishments
ARSD 44:02:02 - Hotels
ARSD 44:02:14 - Campgrounds
ARSD 44:02:05 - Specialty Resorts
ARSD 44:02:06 - Bed & Breakfast Establishments
ARSD 44:02:08 - Vacation Homes
ARSD 44:02:07 - Food Service Code

Health Facility Licensure
SDCL 34-12 - Hospitals & Related Institutions
SDCL 34-21 - Radiation Exposure Control
ARSD 44:03 - Radiation Safety
ARSD 44:58 - Drug Control
ARSD 44:67 - Abortion Facilities
ARSD 44:69 - Birth Centers
ARSD 44:70 - Assisted Living Centers
ARSD 44:72 - Redistribution of Nursing Facility Beds
ARSD 44:73 - Nursing Facilities
ARSD 44:74 - Nurse Aides
ARSD 44:75 - Hospital, Specialized Hospitals and Critical Access Hospital Facilities
ARSD 44:76 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Facilities
ARSD 44:77 - Adult Foster Care Facilities
ARSD 44:78 - Inpatient Chemical Dependency Treatment Facilities
ARSD 44:79 - Inpatient Hospice Facilities
ARSD 44:80 - Residential Hospice Facilities
ARSD 44:82 - Community Living Home rules

Medical Marijuana
SDCL 34-20G - Medical Cannabis
ARSD 44:90 - Medical Cannabis

Newborn Metabolic Screening
SDCL 34-24 - Child Health
SDCL 34-24-17 - Screening of Newborns
SDCL 34-24-18 - PKU, Hypothyroidism& Galactosemia
SDCL 34-24-19 - Tests, Facilities Not Available
SDCL 34-24-20 - Tests Provided by DOH for Newborns Not Tested
SDCL 34-24-21 - Procedures After Positives
SDCL 34-24-22 - Testing for Other Metabolic Diseases
SDCL 34-24-23 - Reports to Department
SDCL 34-24-24 - Metabolic Disease Follow-up
ARSD 44:19 - Newborn Screening

Visitation Laws - all state laws and rules, and all federal laws, regulations, and guidance documents, which address the visitation of patients in hospitals and residents in nursing facilities and assisted living centers.

Vital Records
SDCL 34-25 - Vital Records
ARSD 44:09 - Public Health Statistics

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