South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 58 > Chapter 17G – Quality Assessment and Improvements


§ 58-17G-1	Definitions
§ 58-17G-2	Health benefit plan defined
§ 58-17G-3	Health carrier to develop and maintain systems to measure quality of services–System requirements–Description of quality assessment program to be filed with director
§ 58-17G-4	Health carrier issuing closed plan to develop quality improvement activities–Minimum requirements of quality improvement activities
§ 58-17G-5	Carrier may be deemed in compliance if private accrediting body meets requirements
§ 58-17G-6	Division to monitor complaints regarding managed care policies
§ 58-17G-7	Promulgation of rules

Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
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
written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2