🏥 Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home · South Dakota
South Dakota: what a medical director of a long-term care / assisted living / group home must do
Whether South Dakota requires a physician medical director for a long-term care / assisted living / group home, the qualifications you need, and the duties the rule assigns.
Medical directorMedical director required
Title in the ruleMedical Director
Research date2026-09-03
Qualifications
Physician licensed in South Dakota.
Duties the rule assigns
- ensure all services are provided only by qualified personnel
Notes
Confirmed for licensed nursing facilities (ARSD 44:73). No SD-specific medical-director rule was found for assisted living centers (ARSD 44:70), which this org-type key also covers — the statute only requires an emergency physician/nurse arrangement there, not a designated medical director.
Sources (1)
- S.D. Admin. R. 44:73:05:06secondary
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