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SD Codified L § 36-18A-33 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-33 - Examination requirements--Fees.

36-18A-33. Examination requirements--Fees.The board shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars, established by the board and submits an application with evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant satisfies the necessary education and experience requirements. The board may require an applicant for licensure or a current licensee to take an examination as it deems necessary to determine that person's professional minimum competency. Upon approval of examination applications, examination fees may be paid by the applicant directly to a national vendor or third party. The board may hold membership in and be represented at national councils or organizations of professional practices licensed under this chapter and may pay the appropriate membership fees. The board may allow proctoring of examinations for approved candidates at out-of-state or overseas sites by administrators of national council member boards. The board may accept candidates to be proctored in this state from other national council member boards. A take-home questionnaire based on statutes and rules and related to professionalism and ethics may also be required. The board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish application, examination, and proctor fees for all examinations. No fee may exceed one thousand dollars. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §33; SL 2009, ch 184, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-34 - Notice of results--Reexamination--Fees.

36-18A-34. Notice of results--Reexamination--Fees.The board shall notify each applicant of the results of the examination and those entitled to licensure or enrollment. If an applicant fails the examination and the applicant's application is still current, subsequent reexaminations may be granted upon payment of a fee. The board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish reexamination fees, not to exceed two hundred dollars, for all licensure and enrollment applicants. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §34; SL 2009, ch 184, §5.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-35 - Licensure--Comity consideration--Promulgation of Rules--Fee.

36-18A-35. Licensure--Comity consideration--Promulgation of Rules--Fee.The board may give comity consideration to any person who holds a current and valid license issued to that person for active practice by the proper authority in any state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign country, based on requirements that do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter and are of a standard not lower than that specified in the applicable licensure act in effect in this state at the time the license was issued. The board may consider qualifying experience gained after initial licensure for the required years of experience. An applicant is required to take any examinations the board considers necessary to determine the applicant's competency. A comity applicant for landscape architecture shall hold a current and valid certification from the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards to be eligible for comity licensure. The board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to set the application fee for licensure by comity. The fee may not exceed two hundred dollars. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §35; SL 2009, ch 184, §6; SL 2020, ch 161, § 1.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-36 - License issued to successful applicant.

36-18A-36. License issued to successful applicant.The board shall grant a license to any applicant as a professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, landscape architect, petroleum release assessor or remediator, or for any two or more of these titles who has met the requirements of this chapter. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §36.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-37 - Display of license in place of business--Replacement license.

36-18A-37. Display of license in place of business--Replacement license.The license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the licensee's principal office, place of business, or place of employment within the state. A duplicate license to replace a lost, destroyed, or mutilated license shall be issued upon payment of a fee established by the board pursuant to chapter 1-26. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §37; SL 2016, ch 195, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-38 - Practice permitted recipient of license--Use of titles--License as evidence.

36-18A-38. Practice permitted recipient of license--Use of titles--License as evidence.The recipient of a license issued under this chapter may practice engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, petroleum release assessment, or petroleum release remediation and use the appropriate title professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, landscape architect, petroleum release assessor, or petroleum release remediator. A licensee may use a title either with or without prefixing the word, licensed or registered. No licensee may practice a profession or use a title unless the license specifically permits such practice and usage. An unrevoked and unexpired license issued as provided in this chapter is presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the person named is legally licensed. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §38.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-39 - Expiration and biennial renewal of licenses--Continuing professional education.

36-18A-39. Expiration and biennial renewal of licenses--Continuing professional education.A license expires two years after the date of issuance and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed by that date. Any professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, landscape architect, or petroleum release assessor or remediator licensed under this chapter who desires to continue to practice or offer to practice the licensee's profession shall:(1)Pay the renewal fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars, established by the board in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26; and(2)Successfully complete all continuing professional development requirements established by the board or make a showing of good cause why the licensee was unable to comply with such requirements.The board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to establish continuing professional education and development criteria. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §39; SL 2009, ch 184, §7.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-40 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-40 - Failure to complete continuing professional development requirements as grounds for nonrenewal--Inactive or retired status.

36-18A-40. Failure to complete continuing professional development requirements as grounds for nonrenewal--Inactive or retired status.The board may decline to renew a license if an applicant has not completed continuing professional development requirements. A license for a two-year period shall be issued upon completion of the requirements. The board may provide, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, for the inactive or retired status of a person who has been duly licensed under this chapter and who chooses to relinquish or not to renew a license. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §40.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-41 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-41 - Advance notice by board of expiration of license, professional development requirements, and fees.

36-18A-41. Advance notice by board of expiration of license, professional development requirements, and fees.The board shall notify by mail any person licensed under this chapter of the date of expiration of the license, the requirement of professional development hours, and the amount of the fee required for renewal. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the licensee at least one month in advance of the date of expiration of the license. A licensee shall notify the board of any address changes. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §41.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-42 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-42 - Reinstatement of expired license or request for inactive status--Time limits--Requirements for reinstatement.

36-18A-42. Reinstatement of expired license or request for inactive status--Time limits--Requirements for reinstatement.A person or business entity may reinstate an expired license or request inactive status within three years after a license's date of expiration if the person or business entity is otherwise qualified. The fee for the reinstatement of the license or requesting inactive status after it has expired shall be increased by an amount to be determined by the board in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. A person requesting reinstatement of an expired or inactive license shall complete the requirements for continuing professional development and any reexaminations and pay any penalty fees. If a person or business entity fails to reinstate an expired license or request inactive status within the three years after the date of expiration, all relevant files shall be destroyed. A person or business entity requesting licensure after three years shall submit an application for a new license. A person or business entity shall retain the person's or business entity's original license number. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §42; SL 2007, ch 219, §12.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-43 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-43 - Request for inactive or retired status--Fee.

36-18A-43. Request for inactive or retired status--Fee.Any licensed person may request that the person's license be placed on inactive or retired status. A fee, not to exceed two hundred dollars, to place files on inactive or retired status shall be determined by the board in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. Failure to render any fees required for inactive or retired status shall result in the automatic termination of inactive or retired status. The request for files to be placed on inactive or retired status may be denied by the board. No person may practice or offer to practice while that person's files are inactive or retired. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §43; SL 2009, ch 184, §8.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-44 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-44 - Seal of licensees--Contents--Signature--Certain persons prohibited from using seal.

36-18A-44. Seal of licensees--Contents--Signature--Certain persons prohibited from using seal.Any licensed professional engineer, architect, land surveyor, and landscape architect shall use an appropriate seal. The seal shall contain the following information:(1)The name, South Dakota;(2)Licensee's name;(3)License number; and(4)The appropriate title or combination of titles: Professional Engineer, Architect, Land Surveyor, Landscape Architect.The seal shall be legible and shall have an outer circle with a diameter measuring at least one inch and no greater than two inches and an inner circle with a diameter measuring five-eighths of the diameter of the outer circle. Titles may be prefixed with the words, Licensed or Registered. The seal may be an embossed seal, a rubber stamp, a computer-generated seal, or other facsimile found acceptable to the board. The licensee's signature and the date shall be adjacent to or across the seal. Petroleum release assessors and remediators, or interns, may not use a seal. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §44; SL 2007, ch 219, §13; SL 2016, ch 196, §1.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-45 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-45 - Seal, signature, and date as certification that work done by licensee--Documents on which seal required.

36-18A-45. Seal, signature, and date as certification that work done by licensee--Documents on which seal required.The application of the licensee's seal and signature and the date constitutes certification that the work on which it was applied was done by the licensee or under the licensee's responsible charge. The seal, signature, and date shall be placed in such a manner that can be legibly reproduced on the following:(1)All originals, copies, tracings, electronic submittals, or other reproductions of all final drawings, specifications, reports, plats, plans, land surveys, design information, and calculations prepared by the licensee or under the licensee's responsible charge when presented to a client or any public or governmental agency. A licensee may not review or check technical submissions of another licensed professional or unlicensed person and seal the documents as the licensee's own work;(2)Preliminary work shall contain a note that the submittal is Not for Construction, Preliminary, or other such explanation that it is not final; and(3)In the case of documents for projects which involve multiple licensees of more than one technical profession, the title or index sheet shall be sealed, signed, and dated by the prime professional in responsible charge of coordinating the various technical professions involved in the project. In addition, each sheet shall be sealed, signed, and dated by the licensee or licensees who prepared or who are in responsible charge of that sheet. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §45; SL 2007, ch 219, §14; SL 2016, ch 196, §2.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-45.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-45.1 - Digital signatures.

36-18A-45.1. Digital signatures.Each drawing, report, or document that is signed and sealed using a digital signature shall have an electronic authentication process attached to or logically associated with the electronic document. The licensee's use of a digital signature is optional and, if used, shall be:(1)Unique to the licensee;(2)Capable of verification;(3)Under the sole control of the licensee using it; and(4)Linked to a document in such a manner that the digital signature is invalidated if any data in the document is changed.A digital signature that uses a process approved by the board is presumed to meet the criteria provided in this section. Any hard copy printed from the transmitted electronic file shall bear the facsimile of the signature and seal and shall be a confirmation that the electronic file was not altered after the initial digital signing of the file. Any alterations to the file shall cause the facsimile of the signature to be voided. Source: SL 2007, ch 219, §15; SL 2016, ch 196, §3.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-46 - Construction administration services to be provided by architect or engineer.

36-18A-46. Construction administration services to be provided by architect or engineer.No person other than an architect may provide construction administration services on an architecture portion of a project that is not exempt pursuant to §36-18A-2. No person other than a professional engineer may provide construction administration services on an engineering portion of a project that is not exempt pursuant to §36-18A-3. The architect or professional engineer of record, or another designated architect or professional engineer without conflict of interest, shall provide a written report of observed deficiencies or variations from the submitted plans and specifications to the building official, owner, and builder before project completion. The board may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish construction administration services criteria including coordinating and prime professional criteria for persons licensed by the board. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §46; SL 2016, ch 195, §5.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-46.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-46.1 - Completion of work--Successor licensee--Nonprofessional services.

36-18A-46.1. Completion of work--Successor licensee--Nonprofessional services.If a licensee in responsible charge of the work is unavailable to complete the work, a successor licensee may take responsible charge by performing all professional services to include developing a complete design file with work or design criteria, calculations, code research, and any necessary and appropriate changes to the work. The nonprofessional services, such as drafting, need not be redone by the successor licensee but shall clearly and accurately reflect the successor licensee's work. The burden is on the successor licensee to show compliance. The successor licensee shall sign, date, and seal all original documents. The successor licensee shall have control of and responsibility for the work product and the signed and sealed originals of all documents. Source: SL 2007, ch 219, §16; SL 2016, ch 195, §6.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-47 - Firm or office to have appropriately licensed person in charge.

36-18A-47. Firm or office to have appropriately licensed person in charge.Any office physically located and maintained in this state to offer engineering, architectural, land surveying, landscape architectural, petroleum release assessment, or petroleum release remediation services shall have an appropriately licensed person who is regularly employed in that office and who has responsible charge and direct supervision and control of all professional services. No licensee who renders occasional, part-time, or consulting services to or for an office may be designated as the appropriately licensed person in responsible charge for the professional activities of the office unless a schedule is posted at the office for the public's knowledge and filed with and approved by the board stating when the licensee is physically in the office. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §47; SL 2007, ch 219, §17.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-48 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-48 - Business entity must obtain certificate of authorization--Responsibility for acts of individuals.

36-18A-48. Business entity must obtain certificate of authorization--Responsibility for acts of individuals.Any business entity that desires to practice engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, or petroleum release assessment or remediation in this state shall register with the board by making application for a certificate of authorization. A business entity is responsible for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, officers, partners, members, or managers in respect to any engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, petroleum release assessment, or petroleum release remediation services performed or to be executed in this state. No person is relieved of the responsibility for that person's conduct or acts performed by reason of that person's employment by or relationship with a business entity. A licensee who renders occasional, part-time, or consulting services to or for a business entity may not be designated as the person in responsible charge for the professional activities of the business entity. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §48.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-49 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-49 - Application for certificate of authorization--Contents.

36-18A-49. Application for certificate of authorization--Contents.A business entity or office desiring a certificate of authorization or renewal shall file a written application with the board which shall contain the following:(1)The names, license numbers, and profession of all employees or sole proprietors of the business entity or office who are duly licensed to practice engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, petroleum release assessment, or petroleum release remediation in this state and who are or will be in responsible charge of any professional services in this state by the business entity or office;(2)A statement from the business entity that the board office will be notified in writing within thirty days after the effective date of any change;(3)A statement by a licensed person who works for the business entity or office that the business entity or office will not permit the performance of any professional service, as defined in this chapter, by any person of the business entity or office unless the person is licensed under this chapter; and(4)All other information the board may deem necessary as promulgated by rule pursuant to chapter 1-26. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §49; SL 2007, ch 219, §18.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-50 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-50 - Issuance of certificate of authorization--Certificate not transferable--Exempt business.

36-18A-50. Issuance of certificate of authorization--Certificate not transferable--Exempt business.The board shall issue a certificate of authorization or a renewal to a business entity or office upon receipt of an application for a certificate of authorization and a fee as set by the board pursuant to chapter 1-26 unless the board finds an error in the application or that any facts exist which would entitle the board to suspend or revoke the certificate if issued to the applicant. The certificate of authorization is not transferable. A certificate of authorization is not required for any exempt business. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §50; SL 2007, ch 219, §19.
SD Codified L § 36-18A-51 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 18A - Technical Professions|Section 36-18A-51 - Business to report changes in information supplied on application--Time limit.

36-18A-51. Business to report changes in information supplied on application--Time limit.The business entity shall file with the board a written report of any change in the information submitted on the application that occurs during the term of the certificate of authorization. The business entity shall report the change within thirty days after the effective date of the change. Failure to provide the report constitutes grounds for the board to suspend or revoke the certificate of authorization. Source: SL 1999, ch 195, §51.