Any patient who is determined by the secretary of social services to be unable to pay the total services charge, but who is determined, as provided in §§ 27A-13-9 and 27A-13-10, to be financially able to pay the per diem rate shall continue to be charged the per diem cost for each day of continuous patient status.

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Source: SL 1964, ch 104, § 4 (2); SDCL § 27-9-5; SL 1975, ch 181, § 120; SL 1989, ch 21, § 98; SL 1991, ch 220, § 258; SL 1999, ch 142, § 5; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 71, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.