<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66f000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:06:53:66"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000000">20:06:53:66</span></a><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000001">.  Funding of external review.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0"> The health carrier against which a request for any review subject to this chapter is filed shall pay the cost of the independent review organization for conducting the external review. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">    </span><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0"> 37 SDR 48, effective September 22, 2010; 37 SDR 241, effective July 1, 2011; 38 SDR 102, effective December 7, 2011</span><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">; 50 SDR 63, effective November 28, 2023</span><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">    </span><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17-87"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003">58-17-87</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17H-49"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003">58-17H-49</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17I-16"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003">58-17I-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-18-79"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003">58-18-79</span></a><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">    </span><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17-87"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003">58-17-87</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-18-79"><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0-000003">58-18-79</span></a><span class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9c5d4cb5-55d8-4f16-87ae-317d9028b66f000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>