South Dakota Administrative Code

Rule 44:20:02:01 Reporting by physicians. 44:20:02:01. Reporting by physicians. A physician attending a person who has been diagnosed with or is suspected of having a reportable disease or condition listed in § 44:20:01:03 or 44:20:01:04 shall report to the department the informa…

Rule 44:20:02:02 Reporting by hospitals, laboratories, and institutions. 44:20:02:02. Reporting by hospitals, laboratories, and institutions. The director, principal manager, or chief executive officer of a hospital, laboratory, or institution who has knowledge that a person empl…

Rule 44:20:02:03 Persons permitted to report. 44:20:02:03. Persons permitted to report. Any person having knowledge that a person is suspected of having a reportable disease or condition may notify the department and provide all information known concerning the reportable disease…

Rule 44:20:02:04 Voluntary reports of nonreportable communicable diseases and conditions. 44:20:02:04. Voluntary reports of nonreportable communicable diseases and conditions. A person may voluntarily provide information to the department concerning nonreportable communicable dis…

Rule 44:20:02:05 Contents of reports. 44:20:02:05. Contents of reports. Reportable disease and condition reports made pursuant to this article must include the following or as much of the following as is known to the person making the report: (1) The disease or condition diagnose…

44:20:02:06. Methods of reporting. A reportable disease or condition, as provided in § 44:20:02:05, shall be reported as follows: (1) By telephone by dialing 1-800-592-1861 and providing the information to an authorized South Dakota Department of Health representative; (2) By mai…

Rule 44:20:02:07 Processing of reports -- Investigation of reports. 44:20:02:07. Processing of reports -- Investigation of reports. Upon receipt of a disease or condition report pursuant to this article, the department may investigate the circumstances surrounding the occurrence …

Rule 44:20:02:08 Disclosure of reports. 44:20:02:08. Disclosure of reports. The department may disclose or authorize the disclosure of reportable disease and condition information, limited to that necessary to provide medical care to a person or to prevent the further transmissio…

Rule 44:20:02:09 Reporting of vaccine adverse events. 44:20:02:09. Reporting of vaccine adverse events. Any vaccine adverse event shall be reported the same as a Category II reportable disease and condition pursuant to this chapter. Source: 30 SDR 89, effective December 7, 2003; …

Rule 44:20:03:01 General measures for control of communicable conditions. 44:20:03:01. General measures for control of communicable conditions. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the public health measures for communicable diseases and conditions are based on those spe…

Rule 44:20:03:02 Principles for devising public health measures not otherwise specified. 44:20:03:02. Principles for devising public health measures not otherwise specified. In devising public health measures for reportable diseases and conditions for which a specific public heal…

Rule 44:20:03:03 Health threat to others defined. 44:20:03:03. Health threat to others defined. For purposes of this article, a "health threat to others" or a "threat to the public health" exists if a case or carrier demonstrates an inability or unwillingness to refrain from cond…

Rule 44:20:03:04 Application of public health measures to persons. 44:20:03:04. Application of public health measures to persons. The department may instruct a case or carrier of a reportable disease or condition regarding public health measures for preventing the spread of the d…

Rule 44:20:03:05 Form and duration of public health notice. 44:20:03:05. Form and duration of public health notice. The department shall issue a public health notice pursuant to §§ 44:20:03:04, 44:20:03:07, and 44:20:03:10 in writing or, in urgent circumstances, as an oral statem…

Rule 44:20:03:06 Imminent health threat to others -- Petition to circuit court. 44:20:03:06. Imminent health threat to others -- Petition to circuit court. If the department has determined by medical or epidemiological information that a person has a reportable disease or conditi…

Rule 44:20:03:07 Application of public health measures to fomites. 44:20:03:07. Application of public health measures to fomites. The department may instruct a person owning or in possession of a fomite known or suspected to be contaminated with an infectious agent in public heal…

Rule 44:20:03:08 Contact referral and notification. 44:20:03:08. Contact referral and notification. The department may contact a person known to be infected with a reportable disease or condition and encourage the person to refer to the department for counseling, testing, or othe…

Rule 44:20:03:09 Control measures for food handlers. 44:20:03:09. Control measures for food handlers. A food handler who is infected with a reportable disease or condition that can be transmitted by foods may not, during the period of communicability, engage in the production, pr…

Rule 44:20:03:10 Application of public health measures to animals. 44:20:03:10. Application of public health measures to animals. The department may instruct a person who owns or is in possession of an animal known or suspected to be a carrier of an infectious agent in public hea…

Rule 44:22:01:01 Definitions. 44:22:01:01. Definitions. Terms used in this article mean: (1) "Abstract," a summary from the medical record of pertinent cancer information about the patient, the disease, the cancer-directed treatment, and the disease process from the time of diagn…

Rule 44:22:01:02 Organization and structure. 44:22:01:02. Organization and structure. The department is the custodian of the central cancer registry and is responsible for the overall collection, validation, analysis, and dissemination of data and information related to the syste…

Rule 44:22:01:03 Functions of central cancer registry. 44:22:01:03. Functions of central cancer registry. The central cancer registry is a surveillance system and shall be used to: (1) Monitor the incidence and mortality of cancer in the state to detect potential public health pr…

Rule 44:22:02:01 Entities required to provide report. 44:22:02:01. Entities required to provide report. Any hospital, physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse midwife, pathology laboratory, or free-standing radiology center that detects, diagnoses, or treats a…

Rule 44:22:02:02 Reportable conditions -- General criteria. 44:22:02:02. Reportable conditions -- General criteria. The following conditions are reportable: (1) Any neoplasm listed in the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition, 2000, with a behavior …

Rule 44:22:02:03 Repealed. 44:22:02:03. Reporting inconclusive diagnoses.Repealed. Source: 18 SDR 142, effective March 9, 1992; repealed, 29 SDR 21, effective August 27, 2002.

Rule 44:22:02:04 Repealed. 44:22:02:04. Reporting of basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin.Repealed. Source: 18 SDR 142, effective March 9, 1992; repealed, 29 SDR 21, effective August 27, 2002.

Rule 44:22:02:05 Repealed. 44:22:02:05. Standards for determining single and multiple primary tumors. Repealed. Source: 18 SDR 142, effective March 9, 1992; 29 SDR 21, effective August 27, 2002; repealed, 32 SDR 69, effective November 7, 2005.

Rule 44:22:02:06 Reportable data elements for tumor registries. 44:22:02:06. Reportable data elements for tumor registries. A tumor registry shall report the minimal data elements in the required status table in NAACCR Standards for Cancer Registries, Volume II, for each case whi…

Rule 44:22:02:07 Method of reporting for tumor registries. 44:22:02:07. Method of reporting for tumor registries. Each facility with a tumor registry shall provide to the department the data elements described in § 44:22:02:06 for all cases which meet the reporting criteria estab…

Rule 44:22:02:08 Repealed. 44:22:02:08. Method of reporting for manual tumor registries. Repealed. Source: 18 SDR 142, effective March 9, 1992; 29 SDR 21, effective August 27, 2002; repealed, 32 SDR 69, effective November 7, 2005.

Rule 44:22:02:09 Method of reporting for pathology laboratories. 44:22:02:09. Method of reporting for pathology laboratories. Each pathology laboratory shall submit pathology reports at least on a quarterly basis. Source: 29 SDR 21, effective August 27, 2002. General Authority:SD…

Rule 44:22:02:09.01 Method of reporting for hospitals without tumor registries, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and free-standing radiology centers. 44:22:02:09.01. Method of reporting for hospitals without tumor registries, physicians, phys…

Rule 44:22:02:10 Reporting for other entities. 44:22:02:10. Reporting for other entities. The central cancer registry may develop an individual agreement with any entity. The central cancer registry and administration of the entity shall mutually decide how cancer cases will be m…

Rule 44:22:03:01 Correcting submitted data. 44:22:03:01. Correcting submitted data. Upon discovering an error in a report or upon the request of the department, a reporting entity shall supply corrected or missing information. Source: 18 SDR 142, effective March 9, 1992; 32 SDR 6…

Rule 44:22:03:02 Validation of information. 44:22:03:02. Validation of information. For the purpose of assuring the quality of submitted data, each reporting entity shall allow the department to inspect such parts of a patient's medical records as are necessary to verify the accu…

Rule 44:22:03:03 Performance of quality assurance edits. 44:22:03:03. Performance of quality assurance edits. The department shall perform quality assurance edits on data entered into the central cancer registry to ensure that all data is completely and accurately recorded. Sourc…

Rule 44:22:04:01 Duty to maintain confidentiality. 44:22:04:01. Duty to maintain confidentiality. Information contained in the central cancer registry constitutes medical research. Confidentiality of identifying data shall be maintained in accordance with SDCL 34-14-1. Source: 18…

Rule 44:22:04:02 Publication of data. 44:22:04:02. Publication of data. Published information may not contain the name of an individual who is or was the subject of a report of cancer submitted to the department and may not contain an identifying number, mark, or description whic…

Rule 44:22:04:03 Data for research. 44:22:04:03. Data for research. The department may approve any applicant who submits written application to obtain access to case-specific data or case-specific and patient-identifying data to assist in the applicant's research for cancer preve…

Rule 44:22:05:01 Requirement to prepare annual statistical summary. 44:22:05:01. Requirement to prepare annual statistical summary. The department shall publish annual statistical summaries of information contained in the central cancer registry. Annual summaries of data may also…

Rule 44:23:01:01 Definitions. 44:23:01:01. Definitions. Terms defined in SDCL 34-12-32 have the same meaning in this chapter. In addition, terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Daily living services," noninstitutional support services which allow persons to live and otherwise fun…

Rule 44:23:01:02 Applicability. 44:23:01:02. Applicability. This chapter does not apply to health care facilities, health-related institutions operated by the state of South Dakota, or facilities for the elderly or disabled certified under Title XVIII or XIX of the federal Social…

Rule 44:23:01:03 Registration procedure and form. 44:23:01:03. Registration procedure and form. An owner or operator of a residential living center must register with the department by January 1 each year using the form located in Appendix A at the end of this chapter. An owner o…

Rule 44:23:01:04 Separate registration for each address. 44:23:01:04. Separate registration for each address. A registration applies only to the home or facility at the address listed in the registration. A separate registration is required for each home or facility providing res…

Rule 44:23:01:05 Allowable services. 44:23:01:05. Allowable services. A residential living center may offer room, meals, and daily living services to elderly or disabled persons. A residential living center may not furnish or offer health care or habilitative care to persons of a…

Rule 44:58:01:01 Definitions. 44:58:01:01. Definitions. Words defined in SDCL 34-20B-1 have the same meaning when used in this article. In addition, terms used in this article mean: (1) "Act," the State Drugs and Substances Control Act, SDCL chapter 34-20B; (2) "Controlled premis…

Rule 44:58:02:01 Repealed. 44:58:02:01. Persons required to register.Repealed. Source: 1 SDR 30, effective October 7, 1974; repealed, 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980.