Public Health Statutes & Rules

Public Health Statutes and Rules

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.

For a calendar of South Dakota Administrative Rules notices and scheduled hearings check this site.

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

ARSD 44:06 - Children's Special Health 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

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

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

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

SDCL 34-20G - Medical Cannabis

ARSD 44:90 - Medical Cannabis

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

SDCL 34-25 - Vital Records

ARSD 44:09 - Public Health Statistics

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.