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Continuing Education Requirements
Meet South Dakota Board of Speech-Language Pathology's continuing education requirements. Renew your license with 20 contact hours or 2.0 units of CE.
Disciplinary Actions
Nursing Facility Board disciplinary actions in South Dakota.
Continuing Education Requirements
Learn about Continuing Education Guidelines for nursing facility administrators in South Dakota. Choose from various approved courses for license renewal.
Continuing Education Requirements
Access continuing education requirements for pharmacists on the South Dakota Department of Health's web page.
Birthing Centers
A Birth Center is a medical facility that provides a labor and childbirth experience in a family-friendly, homelike environment for healthy, low-risk pregnant people.
Rural Emergency Hospitals
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.
Nursing Facilities
Discover South Dakota Department of Health's licensing process for nursing facilities. Ensure quality care and compliance with regulations.
Get Licensed as Healthcare Facility
Learn how to get licensed as a health care facility such as hospitals, nursing facilities, community living homes, x-ray facilities, or mammography units.
Acute Care Hospitals (ACH)
An Acute Care Hospital is a health care facility with an organized medical staff with permanent facilities that include inpatient beds and is primarily engaged in providing by or under the supervision of physicians, to inpatients, any of the following services: diagnostic or therapeutic services for the medical diagnosis, treatment, or care of injured, disabled, or sick persons; obstetrical services including the care of the newborn; or rehabilitation services for injured, disabled, or sick persons.
Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
A critical access hospital provides emergency care on a twenty-four-hour basis located in a rural area that has limited acute inpatient services, focusing on primary and preventive care, and that has in effect an agreement with a general hospital that provides emergency and medical backup services and accepts patient referrals from the critical access hospital. For the purposes of this subdivision, a rural area is any municipality under fifty thousand population.