Any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12 shall report annually to the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations the charge information as described in § 34-12E-13 for that hospital’s All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups for which that hospital had at least ten cases during the twelve months preceding the report. The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to provide for the reporting of the charge information by hospitals. The rules shall include:

(1) The method for hospitals to report charges; and

(2) Standards that provide for the validity and comparability of charge reports.

Source: SL 2005, ch 182, § 1; SL 2008, ch 169, § 1.