Every health benefit plan of a small employer carrier that covers a male and that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state shall provide the following coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer:

(1) An annual medically recognized diagnostic examination, including a digital rectal examination and a prostatespecific antigen test, as follows:

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-18B-58

  • State: when used in context signifying a jurisdiction other than the State of South Dakota, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2

(a) For asymptomatic men aged fifty and over; and

(b) For men aged fortyfive and over at high risk for prostate cancer; and

(2) For males of any age who have a prior history of prostate cancer, medically indicated diagnostic testing at intervals recommended by a physician, including the digital rectal examination, prostatespecific antigen test, and bone scan.

Source: SL 2001, ch 277, § 3.