Source: http://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=StatuteChapter&Statute=27B-1
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 08:31:40+00:00

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27B-1-15 Administrative functions of department.
27B-1-16 Use of other boards or councils.
27B-1-19 Drug screening policy for community support providers.
27B-1-14. Purpose. The purposes of this title are to enhance environments and provide supports to enable persons with developmental disabilities to achieve and maintain physical well-being, personal and professional satisfaction, participation as community members, and safety from abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and to promote and safeguard the human dignity, constitutional and statutory rights, social well-being, and general welfare of all persons with developmental disabilities in the state.
Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 2.
27B-1-15. Administrative functions of department. The Department of Human Services shall develop, adopt, approve, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and administer state and federally funded services for persons with developmental disabilities and their families within South Dakota in cooperation with all governmental and private resources and organizations concerned with developmental disabilities.
(6) Maintain a data collection system on the prevalence of developmental disabilities, including autism, based on the needs of persons with developmental disabilities in the current service delivery system.
Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 3.
27B-1-16. Use of other boards or councils. The Department of Human Services may establish and use state, regional, or local boards or councils to assist in the planning and implementation of community services.
Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 4.
(14) "Qualified developmental disabilities professional," any person with at least one year of experience working directly with individuals with intellectual disabilities or other developmental disabilities and is either a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a registered nurse, or a person who holds at least a bachelor's degree in a professional category.
Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 5; SL 2009, ch 138, § 1; SL 2013, ch 125, § 8.
(5) Reflects the person's need for an array of generic services, met through a system of individualized planning and supports over an extended time, including those of a life-long duration.
Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 6.
27B-1-18.1. Intellectual disability defined. For purposes of §§ 10-62-1, 10-62-2, 13-32-13, 22-46-1, 26-7A-85, 27A-1-1, 27A-15-1.1, 27B-1-17, 27B-7-30, 27B-7-38, 27B-8-41, 28-6-23, 28-6-24, 28-6-25, 28-13-23, 34-24-16, 58-17-30.1, and 58-18-31 and any terminology changed pursuant to the provisions of those sections, "intellectual disability," or a variation of this term, means a condition previously referred to as "mental retardation," or a variation of this term, and has the same meaning with respect to programs, qualifications for programs, rights or responsibilities regarding persons with such a condition.
Source: SL 2013, ch 125, § 20.
27B-1-19. Drug screening policy for community support providers. Any community support provider shall have a drug screening policy for applicants seeking employment whose primary duty includes patient or resident care or supervision. Any community support provider shall have a drug screening policy for employees whose primary duty includes patient or resident care or supervision, based upon reasonable suspicion of illegal drug use by such employee.
Source: SL 2005, ch 21, § 6; SL 2009, ch 138, § 2.

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