Any application for a license to operate a health care facility must be accompanied by a fee. The annual license fee established for each licensure category of health care facilities is:

(1) For a nursing facility of:

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(a) Fifty beds or less, six hundred dollars;

(b) Fifty-one to one hundred beds, inclusive, nine hundred dollars;

(c) One hundred one to one hundred fifty beds, inclusive, one thousand two hundred dollars; and

(d) One hundred fifty-one or more beds, one thousand five hundred dollars;

(2) For an assisted living center of:

(a) Sixteen beds or less, one hundred fifty dollars;

(b) Seventeen to fifty beds, inclusive, three hundred dollars;

(c) Fifty-one to one hundred beds, inclusive, four hundred fifty dollars; and

(d) One hundred one or more beds, six hundred dollars;

(3) For a hospital of:

(a) Twenty-five beds or less, one thousand dollars;

(b) Twenty-six to fifty beds, inclusive, one thousand five hundred dollars;

(c) Fifty-one to one hundred beds, inclusive, two thousand dollars;

(d) One hundred one to one hundred fifty beds, inclusive, three thousand dollars;

(e) One hundred fifty-one to two hundred beds, inclusive, four thousand dollars; and

(f) Two hundred one or more beds, five thousand dollars;

(4) For an ambulatory surgery center, five hundred dollars;

(5) For a chemical dependency treatment facility of:

(a) Sixteen beds or less, one hundred fifty dollars;

(b) Seventeen to fifty beds, inclusive, three hundred dollars; and

(c) Fifty-one or more beds, four hundred fifty dollars;

(6) For an inpatient and residential hospice, two hundred dollars;

(7) For a freestanding emergency medical care facility, five hundred dollars;

(8) For a community living home, one hundred fifty dollars; and

(9) For a rural emergency hospital, five hundred dollars.

No fee may be refunded. All fees received by the Department of Health under the provisions of this chapter must be paid into the general fund.

Source: SL 1945, ch 108, § 4; SL 1947, ch 128; SL 1953, ch 123, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 27.1204; SL 1986, ch 278, § 5; SL 1987, ch 252; SL 2009, ch 164, § 1; SL 2017, ch 149, § 2; SL 2017, ch 150, § 2; SL 2022, ch 103, § 2.