44:70:05:04Intermittent nursing care.

A facility shall limit nursing services or rehabilitation services provided to a resident to less than eight hours per day and twenty-eight hours each week. The facility shall maintain documentation of the skilled nursing services or rehabilitation services to ensure the needs of the resident are addressed, including a planned completion date based on the assessments conducted. Unlicensed personnel of a facility may not accept any delegated skilled tasks from any nonemployed, noncontracted skilled nursing or therapy providers licensed pursuant to SDCL chapters 36-9, 36-10, and 36-31. For purposes of this section, “rehabilitation services” means physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, and speech therapy.

Source: 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019; 50 SDR 19, effective August 30, 2023; 53 SDR 34, effective September 24, 2026.