South Dakota statute
SDCL § 22-45-1 — Definition of terms
Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Part of Chapter 45: Unlawfully Obtaining Benefits Or Payments From Medical Assistance Program, South Dakota Codified Laws.
Full text of SDCL § 22-45-1
Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.
Terms as used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Benefit," any benefit authorized under the medical services program of the State Department of Social Services;
(2) "Claim," any communication, whether oral, written, electronic, or magnetic, which is utilized to identify a good, item, or service as reimbursable under the program;
(3) "Person," any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity;
(4) "Program," the medical assistance program authorized by Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act and implemented by the medical services program of the State Department of Social Services;
(5) "Provider," any person who has applied to participate or who participates in the program as a provider of a good or a service;
(6) "Recipient," any individual who receives benefits under the program;
(7) "Records," any medical, professional, or business records relative to the treatment or care of any recipient, or to a good or a service provided to any such recipient, or to rates paid for such a good or a service, and any records required to be kept by regulations of the program;
(8) "Sign," to affix a signature directly or indirectly by means of handwriting, typewriter, signature stamp, computer impulse, or other means; and
(9) "Single state agency," the state agency which administers the program, or any person who by virtue of a contract or agreement with the state administers any part of the program, or processes or pays claims for the program.
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