News and Reports
- Follow the Department of Health on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
- Department of Health recent news releases
- Check the archive on the South Dakota State News Web for older releases
- Sign up for South Dakota's state news listserv
- Request for proposals (RFP) to provide additional nursing facility capacity in Sioux Falls, Rapid City, and other communities in South Dakota. View the RFP and RFP Questions and Answers.
- A public hearing will be held in Room 107, Hayes Building, Pierre, South Dakota, on August 29th, at 2:00 p.m., to consider the adoption and amendment of proposed rules related to Community Living Homes. Click here for more information.
- Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention Initiative
- The South Dakota Department of Health, Office of Health Care Facilities Licensure and Certification, has developed a webpage to allow the public access to draft administrative rules regulating assisted living centers, prior to the initiation of the formal rules promulgation process which is planned for the spring of 2017.
- Jolene's Law Task Force
- Monthly reports of health and infectious disease data for South Dakota
- Current survey reports for South Dakota nursing facilities
- Current health inspection scores for South Dakota restaurant, lodging and campground establishments
- 125 Years of Health in South Dakota
- South Dakota Health Link - summary | website | public health meaningful use information
- Department of Health HIPAA notice
- Governor's Primary Care Task Force
- Governor's Task Force on Infant Mortality