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SD Codified L § 36-6A-52 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-52 - Annual renewal of license or registration--Information and fee--Notice.

36-6A-52. Annual renewal of license or registration--Information and fee--Notice.As a condition of annual renewal of a license or registration, each licensee or registrant shall, on or before the first day of July each year, transmit to the board, upon a form prescribed by the board, information reasonably related to the administration of a licensure or registration system in the interest of public health and safety, together with the fee established by the board. Failure of a licensee or registrant to renew a license or registration on or before the first day of July constitutes a suspension of the license or registration held by the licensee or registrant. At least thirty days before July first, the board shall cause a written notice stating the amount and due date of the fee and the information to be provided by the licensee or registrant, to be sent to each licensee and registrant. Each licensee and registrant shall report the information as a condition of the license or registration renewal. Source: SDC 1939, §§27.0609, 27.0610; SL 1943, ch 103; SDCL §36-6-41; SL 1971, ch 213, §30; SL 1981, ch 275, §22; SL 1992, ch 269, §44; SL 2010, ch 188, §1; SL 2015, ch 199, §65.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-54 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-54 - Display of certificates.

36-6A-54. Display of certificates.Each licensee or registrant shall post and keep conspicuously his or her name, annual license certificate, and annual registration certificate in each dental clinic in which he or she practices, in plain sight of the patients. Source: SDC 1939, §§27.0611, 27.9912; SL 1971, ch 213, §32; SL 1992, ch 269, §46; SL 2015, ch 199, §67.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-55 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-55 - Proof of continuing education or continuing competency.

36-6A-55. Proof of continuing education or continuing competency.Every five years of licensure or registration, each licensee or registrant shall provide the board evidence, of a nature suitable to the board that a licensee or registrant has attended, or participated in an amount of board approved continuing education or continuing competency as shall be required by the board. Source: SL 1971, ch 213, §31; SL 1981, ch 275, §23; SL 1984, ch 250, §6; SL 1992, ch 269, §47; SL 2015, ch 199, §68.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-57 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-57 - Reexamination on failure to comply with continuing education or competency requirements--Suspension of license.

36-6A-57. Reexamination on failure to comply with continuing education or competency requirements--Suspension of license.Any licensee or registrant who fails to comply with the continuing education or continuing competency requirements set forth in this chapter may, at the discretion of the board, be reexamined to determine his or her competency to continue licensure or registration. If, in the opinion of the board, a licensee or registrant does not qualify for further practice, the board may, in compliance with chapter 1-26, suspend the license or registration until the time the licensee or registrant provides acceptable evidence to the board of his or her competency to practice. Source: SL 1971, ch 213, §31; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §4; SL 1992, ch 269, §49; SL 2015, ch 199, §70.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-58 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-58 - Notice to board of change of name or address.

36-6A-58. Notice to board of change of name or address.Each licensee or registrant, upon changing his or her place of residence, name, place of employment, or place of business shall, within ten days thereafter, furnish the board with updated information. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0610; SL 1943, ch 103; SL 1971, ch 213, §33; SL 1981, ch 275, §24; SL 1992, ch 269, §50; SL 2008, ch 191, §13; SL 2015, ch 199, §71.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-59 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-59 - Disciplinary sanctions for professional incompetence, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, or violation of chapter--Physical or mental examination.

36-6A-59. Disciplinary sanctions for professional incompetence, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, or violation of chapter--Physical or mental examination.Each licensee and registrant subject to this chapter shall conduct his or her practice in accordance with the standards established by the board. Each licensee or registrant is subject to the exercise of the disciplinary sanctions enumerated in this chapter upon satisfactory proof by clear and convincing evidence in compliance with chapter 1-26 of the licensee's or registrant's professional incompetence, or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, or proof of a violation of this chapter in any respect.For the purposes of this section, professional incompetence is a deviation from the statewide standard of competence, which is that minimum degree of skill and knowledge necessary for the performance of characteristic tasks of a licensee or registrant in at least a reasonably safe and effective way. If the services are not commonly provided by a licensee or registrant in this state, professional incompetence is a deviation from the national standard of competence, which is that minimum degree of skill and knowledge necessary for the performance of characteristic tasks of a licensee or registrant in at least a reasonable safe and effective way.No sanctions may be authorized based solely on monetary concerns or business practices that do not violate any provision of this chapter or any rule promulgated thereunder.The board may order a licensee or registrant to submit to a reasonable physical or mental examination if the physical or mental capacity to practice safely is at issue in a disciplinary proceeding. Failure to comply with a board order to submit to a physical or mental examination renders a licensee or registrant liable to the summary revocation procedures described in §§36-6A-23 and 36-6A-24. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0607; SL 1971, ch 213, §37; SL 1981, ch 275, §26; SL 1992, ch 269, §55; SL 2015, ch 199, §72.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-59.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-59.2 - Prohibited contracts.

36-6A-59.2. Prohibited contracts.No contract entered into between a licensee or registrant and any other party under which the licensee or registrant renders dental services may require the licensee or registrant to act in a manner which violates the professional standards for dentistry set forth in this chapter. Source: SL 2015, ch 199, §74.
SD Codified L § 36-6A-60 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 06A - Dentists, Dental Hygienists And Dental Auxiliaries|Section 36-6A-60 - Proof of licensure or registration in prosecution for violation.

36-6A-60. Proof of licensure or registration in prosecution for violation.In the prosecution of any person for violation of this chapter, it is not necessary to allege or prove lack of a valid license to practice as a dentist or a dental hygienist or a valid registration to practice as a dental radiographer or a registered dental assistant but such proof of licensure or registration is a matter of defense to be established by the defendant. Source: SDCL §36-6-48 as added by SL 1971, ch 213, §39; SL 1992, ch 269, §61; SL 2015, ch 199, §75.
SD Codified L § 36-7-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-1 - Scope of practice defined.

36-7-1. Scope of practice defined.The practice of optometry is declared to be a profession and defined as examination of the human eye and its appendages, and the employment of any means for the measurement of the powers of visions, or any visual, muscular, neurological, interpretative, or anatomical anomalies of the visual processes, and the prescribing or employment of lenses, prisms, frames, mountings, visual training procedure, the prescribing or administration, except by injection of pharmaceutical agents rational to the diagnosis and treatment of the human eye and its appendages, and any other means or method for the correction, remedy, or relief of any insufficiencies or abnormal conditions of the visual processes of the human eye and its appendages except surgery. However, an optometrist may remove superficial foreign bodies from the eye. The prescription of contact lenses, except by a practitioner licensed under chapter 36-4, constitutes the practice of optometry. An optometrist is one who practices optometry under the provisions of this chapter. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0701; SL 1941, ch 125, §1; SL 1951, ch 131, §1; SL 1976, ch 232; SL 1979, ch 253, §1; SL 1986, ch 306, §7; SL 1991, ch 303, §1; SL 1994, ch 296, §1; SL 2003, ch 201, §1.
SD Codified L § 36-7-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-1.1 - Restrictions on scope of practice.

36-7-1.1. Restrictions on scope of practice.Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, an optometrist, except an optometrist certified for diagnostic and therapeutic agents as provided by §§36-7-15.1 to 36-7-15.3, inclusive, and as provided in §36-7-31, may not treat glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Source: SL 1986, ch 306, §8; SL 1991, ch 303, §2; SL 1994, ch 296, §2.
SD Codified L § 36-7-1.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-1.2 - Prohibitions on use of oral therapeutics and oral steroids.

36-7-1.2. Prohibitions on use of oral therapeutics and oral steroids.No optometrist may prescribe, administer, or dispense any oral therapeutic agent to any child under twelve years of age, or any oral steroid to any person, without prior consultation with a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4. Source: SL 2003, ch 201, §3.
SD Codified L § 36-7-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-3 - Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office--Persons ineligible for membership.

36-7-3. Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office--Persons ineligible for membership.The State Board of Examiners in Optometry consists of four members appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be fully qualified and licensed to prescribe and administer diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents under this chapter. Each member shall have been a resident of this state actually engaged in the practice of optometry at least five years preceding the appointment. The term of each member is three years commencing on July first. The Governor shall, by appointment, fill any vacancy. No member may serve more than three consecutive full terms. The appointment of a person to an unexpired term is not considered a full term. No member of any optical school or college, or instructor in optometry, or person connected therewith, or any jobber or jobber's representative, is eligible for the board. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0702; revised pursuant to SL 1973, ch 2, §58; SL 1986, ch 306, §13; SL 1989, ch 323; SL 1994, ch 296, §3; SL 2005, ch 199, §18.
SD Codified L § 36-7-3.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-3.1 - Lay member of board--Appointment and term of office.

36-7-3.1. Lay member of board--Appointment and term of office.The membership of the Board of Examiners shall include one lay member who is a user of the services regulated by the board. The term lay member who is a user refers to a person who is not licensed by the board but where practical uses the service licensed, and the meaning shall be liberally construed to implement the purpose of this section. The lay member shall be appointed by the Governor and shall have the same term of office as other members of the board. Source: SL 1973, ch 2, §58; SL 1977, ch 292, §1.
SD Codified L § 36-7-3.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-3.2 - Board continued within Department of Health--Records and reports.

36-7-3.2. Board continued within Department of Health--Records and reports.The Board of Examiners in Optometry shall continue within the Department of Health, and shall retain all its prescribed functions, including administrative functions. The board shall submit such records, information, and reports in the form and at such times as required by the secretary of health, except that the board shall report at least annually. Source: SL 1973, ch 2, §56 (q); SL 2003, ch 272, §41.
SD Codified L § 36-7-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-4 - Employment of counsel and personnel by board--Compensation and expenses.

36-7-4. Employment of counsel and personnel by board--Compensation and expenses.The Board of Examiners may employ counsel and other necessary assistants to aid in the enforcement of this chapter, the compensation and expenses of whom shall be paid from the funds of the board. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0712.
SD Codified L § 36-7-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-5 - Administration of oaths and taking of testimony by board.

36-7-5. Administration of oaths and taking of testimony by board.The Board of Examiners shall further have power by and through each member thereof to administer oaths and to take testimony pursuant to §§1-26-19.1 and 1-26-19.2 in the granting, revoking, or suspending of certificates of registration. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0703; SL 1951, ch 131, §2; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-6 - Salary and expenses of board secretary--Payment from fees.

36-7-6. Salary and expenses of board secretary--Payment from fees.The secretary of the State Board of Examiners in Optometry shall receive a salary which shall be fixed by the board, and shall also receive his traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his official duties. Such salary shall be fixed by the board; and all such fees and expenses and the compensation and reimbursement of expenses provided by law for members of the board shall be paid from the fees received by the State Board of Optometry under the provisions of this chapter. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0711; SL 1985, ch 299, §6.
SD Codified L § 36-7-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-8 - Annual determination of funds required.

36-7-8. Annual determination of funds required.The State Board of Examiners in Optometry shall annually, and on or before July first of each year, determine the amount estimated by it to be reasonably required for its purposes for the succeeding year. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0709; SL 1947, ch 122, §3; SL 1951, ch 131, §5; SL 1967, ch 99; SL 1985, ch 299, §8.
SD Codified L § 36-7-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-10 - Practice of optometry without certificate as misdemeanor.

36-7-10. Practice of optometry without certificate as misdemeanor.It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person who is not the holder of a certificate of registration or exemption, issued and recorded as provided in this chapter, to practice or offer to practice optometry within the state. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0708; SL 1977, ch 190, §153.
SD Codified L § 36-7-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-11 - Requirements for practice.

36-7-11. Requirements for practice.A person entitled to practice optometry in South Dakota who is not already registered is any person who furnishes the Board of Examiners in Optometry satisfactory evidence as follows:(1)That the person is of the full age of eighteen years and a citizen of the United States or a resident of South Dakota;(2)That the person is of good moral character;(3)That the person is a graduate of a recognized Class A optometric school or college approved by the Board of Examiners; and(4)That the person possesses a licensed certificate of registration obtained by taking and satisfactorily passing an examination given by the board for purpose of determining the person's qualifications for the practice of optometry. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0704; SL 1941, ch 125, §2; SL 1947, ch 122, §1; SL 1983, ch 270, §1; SL 2020, ch 168, § 4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-12 - Application for examination--Fees--Reexamination.

36-7-12. Application for examination--Fees--Reexamination.Any person desiring to take an examination to determine his or her qualifications for the practice of optometry shall file a sworn application with the secretary of the Board of Examiners in Optometry at least thirty days prior to the time set therefor and pay a fee set by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Board of Examiners before examination and an additional amount set by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Board of Examiners upon issuance of certificate. Upon failure to pass the first examination, the candidate may elect to be reexamined upon payment of such additional amount, not to exceed one hundred dollars, set by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 by the Board of Examiners and take another examination within fifteen months. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0704 (5); SL 1941, ch 125, §2; SL 1947, ch 122, §1; SL 1977, ch 292, §2; SL 1985, ch 299, §1; SL 1986, ch 302, §67; SL 2008, ch 191, §14.
SD Codified L § 36-7-12.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-12.1 - Pharmacology studies and clinical experience to be completed--Passing grade on pharmacology portion of national board examination to be attained.

36-7-12.1. Pharmacology studies and clinical experience to be completed--Passing grade on pharmacology portion of national board examination to be attained.Any applicant for licensure as an optometrist after July 1, 1986, shall satisfactorily complete all pharmacology studies and clinical experience required by this chapter and the board and attain a passing grade on the pharmacology portion of the national board examination. Source: SL 1986, ch 306, §12.
SD Codified L § 36-7-12.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-12.2 - Criminal background check of new applicants and licensees under disciplinary investigation.

36-7-12.2. Criminal background check of new applicants and licensees under disciplinary investigation.Each new applicant for licensure as an optometrist, in this state shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon application, the Board of Examiners of Optometry shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Division of Criminal Investigation. Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Division of Criminal Investigation shall forward to the board all information obtained as a result of the criminal background check. This information shall be obtained before permanent licensure of the applicant. The board may require a state and federal criminal background check for any licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation by the board. Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for denial of an application or may result in revocation of a license. The applicant shall pay for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation. Source: SL 2009, ch 179, §1.
SD Codified L § 36-7-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-13 - Licensure through endorsement from another United States jurisdiction--Fee--Promulgation of rules.

36-7-13. Licensure through endorsement from another United States jurisdiction--Fee--Promulgation of rules.By way of substitution for the requirements in subdivisions 36-7-11(3), (4), and (5) and in §§36-7-12, 36-7-12.1 and 36-7-31, a candidate for licensure in this state may be given a certificate of registration by paying a fee, not to exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars, upon proof to the Board of Examiners by certified copy of the certificate of registration issued to the candidate by another United States jurisdiction where the requirements for registration are deemed by the South Dakota State Board to be the equivalent to those provided by this chapter if the candidate passes the examination administered by the board required by this chapter or presents satisfactory evidence to the board of having passed substantially similar examinations in another jurisdiction, and the candidate has practiced optometry in the other state for at least five consecutive years immediately prior to the candidate's application for registration in South Dakota. The board may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish standards for licensure through endorsement pursuant to this section, including the level and status of licensure required, the evidence required to establish that the requirements for registration in the jurisdiction in which the candidate is licensed are substantially similar to those required by this chapter, the procedure and contents required for submitting the application, any additional education, testing, or training necessary to ensure the competency of the candidate, and the fee provided for in this section. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0704 (6); SL 1941, ch 125, §2; SL 1951, ch 131, §3; SL 1986, ch 306, §2; SL 2006, ch 196, §1; SL 2008, ch 191, §15.
SD Codified L § 36-7-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-14 - Recording of certificate of registration.

36-7-14. Recording of certificate of registration.Before any certificate of registration is issued it shall be numbered and recorded in a book kept in the office of the board and its number shall be noted upon the certificate. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0705; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §3.