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SD Codified L § 36-7-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-15 - Rules and regulations of board--Scope.

36-7-15. Rules and regulations of board--Scope.The Board of Examiners in Optometry shall have power to make and promulgate under the provisions of chapter 1-26 such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this state to:(1)Provide for a method of examination of candidates for registration.(2)Define what shall constitute a recognized Class A optometric school.(3)Govern the practice of optometry, including the adoption of a code of ethics, or rules of professional conduct for all registrants.(4)Govern the minimum amount and kind of continuing education in optometry to be required triennially of each optometrist seeking relicense to practice optometry in the State of South Dakota. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0703; SL 1951, ch 131, §2; SL 1973, ch 243, §1; SL 1979, ch 252, §1.
SD Codified L § 36-7-15.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-15.1 - Rules to ensure competence to administer topical agents.

36-7-15.1. Rules to ensure competence to administer topical agents.The State Board of Examiners in Optometry shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to specify additional educational qualifications and to ensure professional competence by those practitioners who apply to the board for a certification enabling them to prescribe and administer diagnostic and therapeutic topical pharmaceutical agents as described in §36-7-1. The board shall, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, establish separate educational and examination requirements for the certification of optometrists for both diagnostic and therapeutic agents. The board shall make available annual, substantial, in-state pharmaceutical education for licensed optometrists. The initial educational requirements before certification are at least one hundred fifty classroom hours and at least forty hours of clinical experience in pharmaceutical education dealing with diagnosis and treatment of ocular disease. The board shall require a minimum of five hours of continuing pharmaceutical education annually for each optometrist certified for therapeutic agents. Source: SL 1979, ch 253, §2; SL 1986, ch 306, §9; SL 1994, ch 296, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-15.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-15.2 - Educational and examination requirements for certificate to administer topical agents--Fee.

36-7-15.2. Educational and examination requirements for certificate to administer topical agents--Fee.Only those optometrists who have satisfactorily completed a curriculum in general and ocular pharmacology at an institution accredited by a regional or professional accreditation organization which is recognized or approved by the council on postsecondary accreditation of the United States Office of Education within the Department of Health and Human Services and approved by the State Board of Examiners in Optometry are eligible to apply for the certificate issued pursuant to §36-7-15.1. Those practitioners who have established their eligibility pursuant to this section shall also pass an examination approved by the board before they may be certified to administer the topical pharmaceutical agents described by §36-7-1. Source: SL 1979, ch 253, §§3, 5; SL 1985, ch 299, §2; SL 1994, ch 296, §5; SL 2008, ch 191, §16; SL 2013, ch 173, §1.
SD Codified L § 36-7-15.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-15.3 - Certification for use of therapeutic drugs--Examination.

36-7-15.3. Certification for use of therapeutic drugs--Examination.The board, in certifying optometrists for the use of therapeutic drugs, shall require that all applicants before certification either have taken and successfully passed the treatment and management of ocular disease portion of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry test or have taken and successfully passed an examination prepared or certified by the board as covering all areas of pharmacological education provided to graduates of accredited optometric colleges. The South Dakota State University School of Pharmacy may assist the board in the formulation or administration of the examination of optometrists for competency in therapeutic drugs. Source: SL 1986, ch 306, §10; SL 1994, ch 296, §6; SL 2013, ch 173, §2.
SD Codified L § 36-7-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-17 - Practice as individual or partner required--Exception for authorized corporate practice--Violation as misdemeanor--Optometrist not precluded from serving as officer or director of health maintenance organization.

36-7-17. Practice as individual or partner required--Exception for authorized corporate practice--Violation as misdemeanor--Optometrist not precluded from serving as officer or director of health maintenance organization.Every person who practices optometry in South Dakota shall furnish the Board of Examiners satisfactory evidence that he practices optometry as a profession, in his individual personal capacity under his own name or as a partner of another registered optometrist and not as a corporation, limited liability company or agent, employee, officer, member, or partner of a corporation or limited liability except where a practice as an officer, employee, member, or agent of a corporation is established under the terms of chapter 47-11B. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.Nothing in this section shall preclude a licensed optometrist from serving as a shareholder, officer, or director of a corporation established under the terms of chapter 58-41 as a health maintenance organization or other alternate health care delivery system including, but not limited to, preferred provider organizations, individual practices association, or other form of entity whatever established for group health care purposes. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0704 (7); SL 1941, ch 125, §2; SL 1972, ch. 249, §24; SL 1987, ch 269, §1; SL 1992, ch 158, §77; SL 1993, ch 344, §39J.
SD Codified L § 36-7-17.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-17.1 - Certain healing arts practitioners to participate in alternate health care delivery systems.

36-7-17.1. Certain healing arts practitioners to participate in alternate health care delivery systems.Any licensed optometrist may organize or contract for services with a corporation organized under the laws of this state by licensed practitioners of the healing arts, for the purpose of negotiating group health care contracts and providing services within the scope of their respective licenses with alternate health care delivery systems, including, but not limited to, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, individual practices organizations or other similar forms of entity whatever. Source: SL 1987, ch 269, §2.
SD Codified L § 36-7-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-18 - Display of certificate in office--Exhibition to state board--Violation as misdemeanor.

36-7-18. Display of certificate in office--Exhibition to state board--Violation as misdemeanor.Every person practicing optometry shall:(1)Display the certificate of registration or exemption in a conspicuous place in the principal office wherein he practices; and(2)Exhibit the certificate to the State Board of Examiners or its authorized representative upon request.A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0706; SL 1947, ch 122, §2; SL 1992, ch 158, §78; SL 2013, ch 173, §3.
SD Codified L § 36-7-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-19 - Advertising regulated by board--Fees not regulated.

36-7-19. Advertising regulated by board--Fees not regulated.The Board of Examiners may, in compliance with chapter 1-26, prescribe the mediums of advertising that may be used by optometrists and the size, nature, and type of signs and professional cards that may be used. Said board shall not have power or authority to fix the fees to be charged by its members for professional services. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0703 (3) as added by SL 1951, ch 131, §2; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-20 - Annual renewal of certificate--Revocation on default--Restoration of certificate.

36-7-20. Annual renewal of certificate--Revocation on default--Restoration of certificate.Each licensed optometrist residing in or in active practice within the State of South Dakota shall, on or before the first day of October in each year pay to the State Board of Examiners in Optometry a fee to be set in rule by the Board of Examiners, in default of which the board may, in compliance with chapter 1-26, revoke his license or certificate, either for failure to comply with the continuing education requirements or nonpayment of such fee, but the payment of such fee at or before the time of hearing, with such additional sum as may be fixed in rule by the board, shall excuse the default. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0709; SL 1947, ch 122, §3; SL 1951, ch 131, §5; SL 1967, ch 99; SL 1973, ch 243, §3; SL 1979, ch 252, §2; SL 1985, ch 299, §3; SL 1986, ch 302, §68.
SD Codified L § 36-7-20.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-20.1 - Continuing education required--Purpose.

36-7-20.1. Continuing education required--Purpose.All registered optometrists whenever licensed in the State of South Dakota are and shall be required to take courses of study in subjects relating to the practice of the profession of optometry to the end that the utilization and application of new techniques, scientific and clinical advances, and the achievements of research will assure expansive and comprehensive care to the public. Source: SL 1973, ch 243, §2; SL 1979, ch 252, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-20.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-20.2 - Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver.

36-7-20.2. Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver.The length of study required by §36-7-20.1 shall be prescribed by the Board of Examiners in Optometry but shall not exceed forty-five hours in any three consecutive calendar years. Attendance must be at a course or courses approved by the board. Attendance at any course or courses of study are to be certified by the board upon a form provided by the board and shall be submitted by each registered optometrist at the time he makes application to the board for the renewal of his license and payment of his renewal fee. In no instance may the board require a greater number of hours of study than are available at approved courses held within the state and shall be allowed to waive any or all of this requirement in case of certified illness or undue hardship. Source: SL 1973, ch 243, §2; SL 1979, ch 252, §5.
SD Codified L § 36-7-20.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-20.3 - Contracts to provide continuing education--Funds used--Federal matching grants.

36-7-20.3. Contracts to provide continuing education--Funds used--Federal matching grants.The Board of Examiners in Optometry is authorized to use up to one-half of its annual renewal fees for the purpose of contracting with institutions of higher learning, professional organizations, or qualified individuals for the providing of educational programs that meet this requirement. The board is further authorized to treat funds set aside for the purpose of continuing education as state funds for the purpose of accepting any funds made available under federal law on a matching basis for the promulgation and maintenance of programs of continuing education. Source: SL 1973, ch 243, §2; SL 1985, ch 299, §10.
SD Codified L § 36-7-20.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-20.4 - Certificate of compliance with continuing education requirements--Exemptions.

36-7-20.4. Certificate of compliance with continuing education requirements--Exemptions.Each licensed optometrist residing in or in active practice within the State of South Dakota shall, on or before September first in the third year after his initial licensure, and every third year thereafter, certify on forms provided by the Board of Examiners in Optometry that he has complied with §§36-7-20.1 and 36-7-20.2. This provision shall not apply to any licensee serving in the armed forces during any part of the thirty-six months preceding the certification nor to any licensee submitting proof that he was suffering from a serious or disabling illness or physical disability which prevented his attendance at any qualified educational program within the State of South Dakota during the thirty-six months immediately preceding the certification. Source: SL 1979, ch 252, §3.
SD Codified L § 36-7-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-21 - Remission of annual fee while in military service.

36-7-21. Remission of annual fee while in military service.The Board of Examiners shall have power to remit the license fee of all registrants while on active duty in the armed forces of the United States. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0709 as added by SL 1951, ch 131, §5; SL 1967, ch 99.
SD Codified L § 36-7-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-24 - Grounds for revocation of certificate.

36-7-24. Grounds for revocation of certificate.The Board of Examiners, in compliance with chapter 1-26, may revoke the certificate of any registrant for any one, or any combination, of the following causes:(1)Conviction of a felony, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction;(2)Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a certificate of registration by fraudulent misrepresentation;(3)Malpractice;(4)Continued practice by a person knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease;(5)Habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs;(6)Unprofessional conduct;(7)Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation requested by the board. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, §4; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §4; SL 2005, ch 199, §19; SL 2009, ch 179, §2; SL 2013, ch 173, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-25 - Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution.

36-7-25. Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution.The term, unprofessional conduct, as used in this chapter, means:(1)Any conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public;(2)The loaning of a license or certificate by any licensed optometrist or any person or corporation;(3)The employment of cappers or steerers to obtain business;(4)Splitting or dividing a fee or compensation with any person or corporation;(5)The obtaining of any fee or compensation by fraud or misrepresentation;(6)Employing either directly or indirectly any suspended or unlicensed optometrist to perform any work covered by this chapter;(7)The advertising by any means whatsoever of optometric practice or treatment or advice in which untruthful, improbable, misleading, or impossible statements are made;(8)Advertising by printed matter, radio, display, or any other means, the quotation of prices for a discount on or any specific amount of payment for eyeglasses, spectacles, or accessories thereto, ophthalmic lenses, frames or mountings, or the phrases "free examinations," "moderate prices," "low prices," "guaranteed glasses," "satisfaction guaranteed," or any variations thereof, or words of similar import;(9)Seeking patronage by means of handbills, posters, circulars, newspapers, radio or periodicals, which means set forth more than the name, profession, title, location, phone number and office hours of the optometrist;(10)Advertising wherein the optometrist employs any form of newspaper, sign, literature or directory professional card or window or public exhibition display of optical materials, handbills, road signs, clock signs, novelties or favors contrary to or violating the code of ethics or any of the other lawful rules and regulations properly promulgated by the state board; (11)The failure to refer a patient to a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4 if examination of the eye indicates a substantial likelihood of pathology which requires the attention of a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4;(12)Any conviction of a felony or violation of a Board of Examiners in Optometry rule as determined by the board after notice and hearing pursuant to chapter 1-26;(13)Consistently misdiagnosing or consistently prescribing improper therapy; or(14)Failing to hold in professional confidence all information concerning a patient.Unprofessional conduct, as defined in this section, shall not be the basis for criminal prosecution unless otherwise declared unlawful. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, §4; SL 1979, ch 253, §6; SL 1983, ch 270, §2; SL 2013, ch 173, §5.
SD Codified L § 36-7-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-26 - Appeal from Board of Examiners.

36-7-26. Appeal from Board of Examiners.An appeal from the decision of the Board of Examiners may be taken as provided by chapter 1-26. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, §4; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-27 - Reinstatement of certificate after revocation.

36-7-27. Reinstatement of certificate after revocation.After one year and upon application and proof that the disqualification has ceased the Board of Examiners may reinstate a person whose certificate has been revoked, if no other basis for denial of the license exists. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, §4; SL 2013, ch 173, §6.
SD Codified L § 36-7-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-28 - Injunction to prevent violation of chapter--Election of remedies.

36-7-28. Injunction to prevent violation of chapter--Election of remedies.Any person violating the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined from further violations in the circuit courts of this state in actions to be brought by the State Board of Examiners in Optometry. Such suits may also be brought by any citizen of the state. An action for injunction shall be an alternate to criminal proceedings, and the commencement of one proceeding by the board constitutes an election. Source: SDC 1939, §27.0703 (5) as added by SL 1964, ch 85; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §§3, 4.
SD Codified L § 36-7-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-29 - Immunity from liability of professional society committee members--Conditions--Official immunity unaffected.

36-7-29. Immunity from liability of professional society committee members--Conditions--Official immunity unaffected.There shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, any member of a duly appointed committee of a state professional society, comprised of optometrists licensed to practice their profession in the State of South Dakota, for any act or proceeding undertaken or performed within the scope of the functions of any such committee which is formed to maintain the duly established professional standards of the society or the requirements of law, if such committee member acts without malice, has made a reasonable effort to obtain the facts of the matter as to which he acts, and acts in a reasonable belief that the action taken by him is warranted by the facts known to him after such reasonable effort to obtain facts. "Professional society" includes optometric organizations having as members at least a majority of the eligible licensees in the state. The provisions of this section do not affect the official immunity of an officer or employee of a public corporation or of an optometrist serving on a committee or board or other entity authorized by state or federal law. Source: SL 1976, ch 231.
SD Codified L § 36-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-30 - Entry and inspection by board--Purpose--Drug records and inventories.

36-7-30. Entry and inspection by board--Purpose--Drug records and inventories.The Board of Examiners, or any of its officers or employees so authorized, may, during business hours, enter and inspect any place where optometry is practiced for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and rules adopted pursuant hereto. Such inspection may include any records and inventories relating to drugs and controlled substances required to be kept under the provisions of chapter 34-20B. Source: SL 1986, ch 306, §6.
SD Codified L § 36-7-31 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-31 - Use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to treat glaucoma or ocular hypertension--Education and examination required.

36-7-31. Use of therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to treat glaucoma or ocular hypertension--Education and examination required.Before using therapeutic pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension an optometrist certified for diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents shall complete education with emphasis on treatment and management of glaucoma and ocular hypertension provided by an institution accredited by a regional or professional accreditation organization which is recognized or approved by the council on postsecondary accreditation of the United States Office of Education within the Department of Health and Human Services and approved by the Board of Examiners in Optometry by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. Upon completion of the education, the optometrist shall pass an oral or written examination approved by the board. The board shall suspend the certification for therapeutic pharmaceutical agents of any optometrist who fails to comply with this section by July 1, 1996. Source: SL 1994, ch 296, §7.
SD Codified L § 36-7-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 36 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 07 - Optometrists|Section 36-7-34 - Sale of contact lenses without prescription prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

36-7-34. Sale of contact lenses without prescription prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.No person may sell contact lenses without a valid prescription signed by a licensed optometrist or practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4. For purposes of this section, the term, contact lenses, includes any contact lens, with or without visual correction. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2010, ch 189, §1.