ENTITLED An Act to authorize transportation activities by air ambulance operators.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34-11:

An air ambulance operator may use a ground ambulance to transport a patient between:

(1) An acute care hospital and the airport at which the service maintains its ordinary and usual place of business; and

(2) The airport at which the air ambulance operator maintains its ordinary and usual place of business and an acute care hospital.

Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34-11:

An air ambulance operator may utilize the operator's ground ambulance for the transfer of a patient from one healthcare facility to another healthcare facility if:

(1) The patient's attending medical practitioner determines that the patient requires a level of care that is not available without a transfer; and

(2) The operator is unable to use the operator's air ambulance to transport the patient due to:

(a) Mechanical problems; or

(b) Inclement weather conditions.

An Act to authorize transportation activities by air ambulance operators.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: House as Bill No. 1097 Chief Clerk Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1097 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2024 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2024 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2024 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State