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2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-26.2 - Emergency or disaster services--Physician supervision.

36-4A-26.2. Emergency or disaster services--Physician supervision.
A physician assistant licensed in this state or licensed or authorized to practice in any other United States jurisdiction or who is credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer who is responding to a need for medical care created by an emergency or a state or local disaster (not to be defined as an emergency situation which occurs in the place of one's employment) may render such care that he or she is able to provide without supervision as it is defined in this chapter, or with such supervision as is available.
No physician who supervises a physician assistant providing medical care in response to such an emergency or state or local disaster is required to meet the requirements set forth in this chapter for a supervising physician.
Source:
SL 2007, ch 207, §11.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-26.3 - Civil liability for voluntary or gratuitous emergency medical assistance.

36-4A-26.3. Civil liability for voluntary or gratuitous emergency medical assistance.
No physician assistant licensed in this state or licensed or authorized to practice in other states of the United States who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of employment or practice, renders emergency medical assistance is liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by those persons in rendering emergency care which constitute ordinary negligence. The immunity granted by this section does not apply to acts or omissions constituting willful, or wanton negligence or if the medical assistance is rendered at any hospital, physician's office, or other health care delivery entity where those services are normally rendered. No physician who supervises a physician assistant voluntarily and gratuitously providing emergency care as described in this section is liable for civil damages for any personal injuries which result from acts or omissions by the physician assistant rendering emergency care.
Source:
SL 2007, ch 207, §12.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-27 - Practice of auxiliary professions not authorized.

36-4A-27. Practice of auxiliary professions not authorized.
Nothing in this chapter authorizes any physician assistant to perform those specific functions and duties delegated by law to those persons licensed as chiropractors under chapter 36-5, dentists and dental hygienists under chapter 36-6A, optometrists under chapter 36-7, podiatrists under chapter 36-8 or pharmacists under chapter 36-11.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §29; SL 2007, ch 207, §13.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-28 - Hospital rules applicable.

36-4A-28. Hospital rules applicable.
If any physician assistant renders services in a hospital and related institutions as licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 34-12, the physician assistant is subject to the rules and regulations of that hospital and related institutions.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §4; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §14.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-29 - Physician supervision--Methods.

36-4A-29. Physician supervision--Methods.
The physician, by supervision, continuous monitoring, and evaluation accepts initial and continuing responsibility for the physician assistant or assistants responsible to the physician until such relationship is terminated. Supervision may be by direct personal contact, or by a combination of direct personal contact and contact via telecommunication, as may be required by the board. If the office of a physician assistant is separate from the main office of the supervising physician, the supervision shall include on-site personal supervision by a supervising physician as required by the board. A physician assistant who is issued a temporary license pursuant to §36-4A-8.1 shall initially receive thirty days of on-site, direct supervision by a supervising physician. Thereafter, and until expiration of the temporary license, the supervision shall include at least two one-half business days per week of on-site personal supervision by a supervising physician.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §3; SL 1982, ch 273, §5; SL 1990, ch 302, §2; SL 1991, ch 301, §2; SL 1995, ch 214, §1; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §15.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-29.1 - Modification of method and frequency of supervision--Number of physician assistants--Application.

36-4A-29.1. Modification of method and frequency of supervision--Number of physician assistants--Application.
The board may authorize modifications in the method and frequency of supervision of a physician assistant required by §36-4A-29 that it considers appropriate based upon its finding of adequate supervision, training, and proficiency.
A supervising physician may apply to the board for permission to supervise more than one physician assistant. The board shall establish the number of physician assistants, up to four FTE, to be supervised by a supervising physician based upon its finding that adequate supervision will exist under the arrangement proposed by the supervising physician.
The board may consider a joint application for both modification of supervision and the number of physician assistants supervised as provided in this section.
Source:
SL 1994, ch 292, §2; SL 1999, ch 192, §4; SL 2007, ch 207, §16.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-29.2 - Conditions for physician supervision.

36-4A-29.2. Conditions for physician supervision.
In order to supervise a physician assistant, a physician shall:
(1)Be licensed as a physician by the board pursuant to chapter 36-4;
(2)Be free from any restriction on his or her ability to supervise a physician assistant that has been imposed by board disciplinary action; and
(3)Maintain a written practice agreement with the physician assistant as described in §36-4A-1.1.
Source:
SL 2007, ch 207, §17.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-30 - Physician not relieved of professional responsibility.

36-4A-30. Physician not relieved of professional responsibility.
Nothing in this chapter relieves the physician of the professional or legal responsibility for the care and treatment of patients cared for by the physician assistant.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §3; SL 2007, ch 207, §18.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-30.1 - Employment arrangement of physician and physician assistant not limited.

36-4A-30.1. Employment arrangement of physician and physician assistant not limited.
Nothing in this chapter limits the employment arrangement of a physician and a physician assistant licensed under this chapter.
Source:
SL 2007, ch 207, §19.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-31 - Renewal of physician assistant's license--Form.

36-4A-31. Renewal of physician assistant's license--Form.
The license of every person licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be renewed annually on a date set by the board. The request for renewal shall be made on a form furnished by the board and shall include such proof, as may be required by the board, of continuance of the qualifications for original licensure including the information set forth in subdivision 36-4A-8(2) and payment of the renewal fee.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §15; SL 1982, ch 273, §6; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §20.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-32 - Continuing education required for renewal.

36-4A-32. Continuing education required for renewal.
A renewal request shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee together with evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion during the preceding twelve months of at least thirty hours of post-graduate studies approved by the board. Any physician assistant who maintains current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) may document compliance with this requirement by providing proof of current certification by the NCCPA.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §15; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §21.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-33 - Suspension of license not renewed--Reinstatement.

36-4A-33. Suspension of license not renewed--Reinstatement.
Any license not renewed pursuant to §36-4A-31 is suspended. A license so suspended may be reinstated during the following twelve months by application to the board and payment of the renewal fee and a reinstatement fee as fixed by the board pursuant to §36-4A-34. Thereafter, a license so suspended may be reinstated only upon payment of all delinquent renewal fees and a reinstatement fee fixed by the board pursuant to §36-4A-34, following specific approval by the board.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §15; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §22.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-34 - Fees.

36-4A-34. Fees.
The board shall set, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, and shall collect in advance the following nonrefundable fees from applicants:
(1)For an initial license, not more than seventy-five dollars;
(2)For renewal of a license, not more than one hundred dollars;
(3)For reinstatement of a lapsed license, the current renewal fee plus not more than twenty-five dollars;
(4)For a temporary license, not more than fifty dollars.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §16; SL 1999, ch 190, §2; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §23; SL 2008, ch 191, §6.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-36 - Collection and disposition of fees--Refunds not permitted.

36-4A-36. Collection and disposition of fees--Refunds not permitted.
All fees received by the board and moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in a bank as authorized by the board. No fee may be refunded. The funds are subject to withdrawal as authorized by the board. A report of all receipts and expenditures shall be made at the close of each fiscal year and filed with the state auditor.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §18; SL 2007, ch 207, §24.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-37 - Nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of license--Other disciplinary action.

36-4A-37. Nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of license--Other disciplinary action.
The board may deny the issuance or renewal of a license. The board may suspend, revoke, or impose other disciplinary actions upon the license of any physician assistant issued under this chapter upon satisfactory proof, in compliance with chapter 1-26, of the licensee's:
(1)Professional incompetence or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct as defined in §§36-4-29 and 36-4-30;
(2)Violation of this chapter in any respect;
(3)Failure to maintain on file with the board a copy of each practice agreement containing the current information regarding the licensee's practice status as required by the board;
(4)Rendering medical services beyond those delegated to the physician assistant in the practice agreement; or
(5)Rendering medical services without supervision of a physician as required by law and the rules of the board.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §24; SL 1982, ch 273, §7; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2005, ch 199, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §25.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-38 - Unprofessional or dishonorable conduct defined.

36-4A-38. Unprofessional or dishonorable conduct defined.
The terms "unprofessional or dishonorable conduct" as used in this chapter shall be as those terms are defined in §36-4-30.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §22.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-39 - Right of appeal from board.

36-4A-39. Right of appeal from board.
Any party feeling aggrieved by any acts, rulings, or decision of said board acting pursuant to §36-4A-37, shall have the right to appeal the same under the provisions of chapter 1-26.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §25.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-40 - Suspension of license for mental incompetence.

36-4A-40. Suspension of license for mental incompetence.
The provisions of §36-4-32 shall apply to physician assistants.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §23; SL 1999, ch 192, §8.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-41 - Reissuance of canceled, revoked, or suspended license.

36-4A-41. Reissuance of canceled, revoked, or suspended license.
Upon application, the board may reissue a license to practice to any person whose licensure has been canceled, suspended, or revoked.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §26; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §26.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04A - Physician Assistants › Section 36-4A-42 - Promulgation of rules by board.

36-4A-42. Promulgation of rules by board.
The board shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 pertaining to fees, licensure of physician assistants, and supervision requirements.
Source:
SL 1973, ch 250, §28; SL 1986, ch 302, §56; SL 1999, ch 192, §6; SL 2007, ch 207, §27; SL 2021, ch 168, § 17.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-2 - Program created--Implementing agencies.

36-4B-2. Program created--Implementing agencies.
A state advanced life support program is created. It shall be implemented by the department of health under the direction of the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §2.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-3 - Practice or holding out as medical technician or paramedic as misdemeanor unless licensed--Each violation a separate offense.

36-4B-3. Practice or holding out as medical technician or paramedic as misdemeanor unless licensed--Each violation a separate offense.
It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person not licensed under this chapter to hold herself or himself out or practice as an emergency medical technician-intermediate/85, emergency medical technician-intermediate/99, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic. Each violation is a separate offense.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §4; SL 1987, ch 268, §2; SL 2003, ch 198, §2.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-5 - Federal personnel not restricted--Religious groups not practicing medicine.

36-4B-5. Federal personnel not restricted--Religious groups not practicing medicine.
Nothing in this chapter shall limit the activities of employees of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Hospitals or of the United States Veterans' Administration, or the United States Public Health Service Hospitals or military medical personnel in the performance of their duties, nor to the religious groups as such who do not practice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics by the use of any material remedies or agencies.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §6.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-7 - Requirements--Educational programs in advanced life support.

36-4B-7. Requirements--Educational programs in advanced life support.
An educational program for instruction of advanced life support personnel shall meet the following general requirements:
(1)The educational program shall develop an evaluation mechanism satisfactory to the Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners to determine the effectiveness of its theoretical and clinical programs, the results of which shall be made available to the board annually;
(2)Instructors in the theoretical and clinical training programs shall be competent and properly qualified in their respective fields of instruction and clinical training;
(3)The educational program shall establish a method of definitive candidate selection satisfactory to the board; and
(4)The number of students enrolled in the theoretical program may not exceed the number that can be clinically supervised and trained.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §10; SL 1992, ch 268, §4; SL 2021, ch 172, § 4.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-10 - Implementation and approval of educational programs in advanced life support--Applications for approval.

36-4B-10. Implementation and approval of educational programs in advanced life support--Applications for approval.
Educational programs for instruction of advanced life support personnel shall be implemented by the Department of Health and approved by the board. Schools or institutions offering such programs shall submit applications for approval on forms provided by the board.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §13; SL 1992, ch 268, §7; SL 2004, ch 17, §233; SL 2015, ch 277 (Ex. Ord. 15-1), §33, eff. Apr. 20, 2015.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-11 - Notice to board of changes in directorship or content of educational programs.

36-4B-11. Notice to board of changes in directorship or content of educational programs.
The medical director of an educational program approved by the board shall notify the board if a change occurs in the directorship of the educational program or if major modifications in the curriculum are anticipated.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §14; SL 1992, ch 268, §8.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-12 - Withdrawal of approval for failure of educational program to meet requirements.

36-4B-12. Withdrawal of approval for failure of educational program to meet requirements.
Failure of an educational program to comply with the general and specific curriculum requirements of this chapter shall result in withdrawal of the board's approval.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §15; SL 1992, ch 268, §9.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-13 - Issuance of advanced life support licenses--Qualifications of applicants.

36-4B-13. Issuance of advanced life support licenses--Qualifications of applicants.
The board may issue an appropriate advanced life support license to any person who files a verified application upon a form prescribed by the board, pays the required fee, and furnishes evidence satisfactory to the board that the person has met the following qualifications:
(1)Completes successfully an appropriate course of study approved by the board for the license sought; and
(2)Completes successfully a written and practical examination testing the applicant's knowledge in theoretical and applied prehospital primary care as it applies to the practice of the advanced life support license sought.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §8; SL 1987, ch 268, §3; SL 1992, ch 268, §10; SL 2020, ch 168, § 2; SL 2021, ch 172, § 5.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-13.1 - License--Background check required.

36-4B-13.1. License--Background check required.
In addition to the requirements of §36-4B-13, each applicant for licensure as an advanced life support personnel must submit to a state and federal criminal background check. The applicant must submit a full set of the applicant's fingerprints to the board in a form and manner prescribed by the board. The board shall submit the applicant's fingerprints to the Division of Criminal Investigation to conduct a criminal background check by the division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The applicant must sign a release of information to the board, and pay any fee charged for the cost of fingerprinting or conducting the background check.
Upon completion of the background check, the division shall deliver to the board all criminal history record information regarding the applicant, and the board shall consider this information in its determination to issue a license to the applicant. The board may not issue a license to an applicant before receiving this information. The board may only disseminate an applicant's information to a person on or employed by the board.
The board may require any licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation to submit to a state and federal background check. The board may deny the issuance of, suspend, or revoke a license for failure to submit to or cooperate with a background check.
Source: SL 2022, ch 145, §1.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-14 - Licensing without examination of licensee from another state.

36-4B-14. Licensing without examination of licensee from another state.
The board may license advanced life support personnel in this state, without examination, if the person has passed the national registry written and practical examination and meets all other requirements of this chapter. Applicants shall hold current licensure in another state or current certification by the national registry for the license sought.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §9; SL 1992, ch 268, §11.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-15 - Medical supervision of advanced life support personnel.

36-4B-15. Medical supervision of advanced life support personnel.
Advanced life support personnel shall be supervised by a physician who directs and reviews the work records and practice permitted by §§36-4B-16 and 36-4B-17, to ensure that the patient is given proper treatment.
Source: SL 1978, ch 269, §3; SL 2022, ch 144, §2.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-16 - Practices permitted by emergency medical technician-intermediate/99.

36-4B-16. Practices permitted by emergency medical technician-intermediate/99.
An emergency medical technician-intermediate/99 may perform basic life support techniques and while under proper medical supervision intermediate skills, special skills techniques, and other advanced life support skills for which they are licensed by the board.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §16; SL 1983, ch 268; SL 1987, ch 268, §5; SL 2003, ch 198, §4.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-16.1 - Practices permitted by emergency medical technician-intermediate/85.

36-4B-16.1. Practices permitted by emergency medical technician-intermediate/85.
An emergency medical technician-intermediate/85 may perform basic life support techniques as set forth in chapter 34-11 and while under proper medical supervision advanced life support techniques listed in §36-4B-1 and other advanced life support skills for which they are licensed by the board.
Source:
SL 1987, ch 268, §4; SL 1992, ch 268, §12; SL 2003, ch 198, §5.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-16.2 - Practices permitted by emergency medical technician-advanced.

36-4B-16.2. Practices permitted by emergency medical technician-advanced.
An emergency medical technician-advanced may perform placement of esophageal and supraglottic airways, intravenous cannulations, shock management, administration of specific medications, and other advanced skills approved by the board.
Source:
SL 2011, ch 177, §2.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-17 - Practices permitted by licensed paramedics.

36-4B-17. Practices permitted by licensed paramedics.
An emergency medical technician-paramedic may perform basic life support techniques as set forth in chapter 34-11 and while under proper medical supervision all intermediate and special skills. A paramedic may also perform other advanced life support skills for which he is licensed by the board.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §17; SL 1987, ch 200, §6.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-18 - Additional tasks permitted with adequate training and proficiency.

36-4B-18. Additional tasks permitted with adequate training and proficiency.
In addition to tasks listed in §§36-4B-16 and 36-4B-17, an emergency medical technician-intermediate/85, emergency medical technician-intermediate/99, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic may be permitted to perform, under direct or indirect medical control, such other tasks approved by the board, and for which adequate training and proficiency can be demonstrated.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §18; SL 1992, ch 268, §13; SL 2003, ch 198, §6.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-18.1 - Critical care endorsement.

36-4B-18.1. Critical care endorsement.
A critical care endorsement is hereby created. The board shall issue the endorsement to any person who is licensed as an emergency medical technician-paramedic and:
(1)Completes the educational requirements and training, in critical care transport, approved by the board and promulgated in accordance with section 36-4B-35; or
(2)Is certified as a critical care paramedic or a flight paramedic by the International Board of Specialty Certification.
Source: SL 2022, ch 146, §1.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-18.2 - Community paramedic--Certification.

36-4B-18.2. Community paramedic--Certification.
A community paramedic endorsement is hereby created. The board may issue a community paramedic endorsement to a person who:
(1)Is licensed as an emergency medical technician-paramedic;
(2)Completes the education requirements and training approved by the board and promulgated in accordance with §36-4B-35; and
(3)Applies on a form prescribed by the board.
Source: SL 2023, ch 135, §1.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-18.3 - Community paramedic--Protocols and supervisory standards--Patient care plan.

36-4B-18.3. Community paramedic--Protocols and supervisory standards--Patient care plan.
A person who holds a community paramedic endorsement shall practice in accordance with protocols and supervisory standards established by the board in accordance with §36-4B-35. A person with a community paramedic endorsement may provide services as directed by a patient care plan if the plan has been developed by the patient's primary physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant, in conjunction with the medical director of the ambulance service.
Source: SL 2023, ch 135, §2.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-19 - Functions delegated to other professions not authorized for advanced life support personnel.

36-4B-19. Functions delegated to other professions not authorized for advanced life support personnel.
Nothing in this chapter shall authorize advanced life support personnel to perform those specific functions and duties delegated by law to those persons licensed as chiropractors under chapter 36-5, optometrists under chapter 36-7, podiatrists under chapter 36-8 or pharmacists under chapter 36-11.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §19.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-20 - Hospital and institutional rules applicable.

36-4B-20. Hospital and institutional rules applicable.
If advanced life support personnel should render services in a hospital and related institutions as licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12, said advanced life support personnel shall be subject to the rules and regulations of that hospital and related institutions.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §20.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-21 - Immunity from liability of licensees--Exceptions.

36-4B-21. Immunity from liability of licensees--Exceptions.
No person, licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter may be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with services given outside a hospital where the life of a patient is in immediate danger, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the person's training, or the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §21.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-22 - Immunity from liability of sponsoring organization--Exceptions.

36-4B-22. Immunity from liability of sponsoring organization--Exceptions.
No agency, organization, institution, corporation, or entity of state or local government which sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances or supervises the functions of emergency medical service personnel licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, including advanced life support personnel, may be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with sponsorship, authorization, support, finance, or supervision of such emergency medical services personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection with their training or with services rendered outside a hospital and where life of a patient is in immediate danger, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the training of the emergency medical services personnel or the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §22.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-23 - Immunity from liability of representatives of sponsoring organization--Exceptions.

36-4B-23. Immunity from liability of representatives of sponsoring organization--Exceptions.
No principal, agent, contractor, employee or representative of an agency, organization, institution, corporation, or entity of state or local government which sponsors, authorizes, supports, finances or supervises the functions of emergency medical services personnel licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, including advanced life support personnel, may be liable for any civil damages for any act or omission in connection with such sponsorship, authorization, support, finance or supervision of such emergency medical services personnel, where the act or omission occurs in connection with their training, or occurs outside a hospital where the life of a patient is in immediate danger, unless the act or omission is inconsistent with the training of the emergency medical services personnel or the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §23.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-24 - Immunity from liability of supervising physician--Exception.

36-4B-24. Immunity from liability of supervising physician--Exception.
No physician who supervises the functions of emergency medical services personnel licensed and authorized pursuant to this chapter, including advanced life support personnel, may be liable for any civil damages for any emergency medical services personnel, where the life of a patient is in immediate danger, unless the act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §24.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-25 - Immunity from liability of physician transferring patient--Conditions for immunity.

36-4B-25. Immunity from liability of physician transferring patient--Conditions for immunity.
No physician, who in good faith arranges for, requests, recommends or initiates the transfer of a patient from a hospital to a critical medical care facility in another hospital, may be liable for any civil damages as a result of such transfer where sound medical judgment indicates that the patient's medical condition is beyond the care capability of the transferring hospital, or the medical community in which that hospital is located, and where the physician has confirmed that the transferee facility possesses a more appropriate level of capability for treating the patient's medical needs, and where the physician has secured a prior agreement from the transferee facility to accept and give necessary treatment to the patient.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §25.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-26 - Annual renewal of license required--Form.

36-4B-26. Annual renewal of license required--Form.
A person holding an advanced life support personnel license under the provisions of this chapter shall renew the license annually on or before the fifteenth day of July. A person licensed as an emergency medical technician-intermediate/85, an emergency medical technician-intermediate/99, or an emergency medical technician-paramedic shall renew the license upon a form furnished to the person by the board.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §26; SL 1992, ch 268, §14; SL 2003, ch 198, §7.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-27 - Fee for annual renewal--Continuing education--Letters from supervising physician and employer--Notice to board of termination of employment.

36-4B-27. Fee for annual renewal--Continuing education--Letters from supervising physician and employer--Notice to board of termination of employment.
A request for emergency medical technician-paramedic or emergency medical technician-intermediate/99 license renewal shall be accompanied annually by the prescribed fee and accompanied in odd numbered years by satisfactory evidence of sixty hours of advanced life support studies during the preceding two years. A request for emergency medical technician-intermediate/85 license renewal shall be accompanied annually by the prescribed fee and accompanied in odd numbered years by satisfactory evidence of forty hours of advanced life support studies during the preceding two years. The request shall also be accompanied by a letter from the supervising physician and the employer of the advanced life support personnel. If the advanced life support personnel is terminated the reasons shall be submitted to the board, in writing, by both the ambulance service and supervising physician, within seventy-two hours of termination of any such working contract.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §27; SL 1992, ch 268, §15; SL 2003, ch 198, §8.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-28 - Suspension on failure to renew license--Reinstatement.

36-4B-28. Suspension on failure to renew license--Reinstatement.
Any license not renewed pursuant to §36-4B-27 shall be suspended. A license so suspended may be reinstated during the following twelve months by proof of requirements met in §36-4B-27, and by payment of the renewal fee and a reinstatement fee as fixed by the board. Thereafter, a suspended license may be reinstated upon payment of a reinstatement fee fixed by the board pursuant to §36-4B-29 following specific approval by the board.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §28; SL 1992, ch 268, §16.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-29 - Annual establishment of license and examination fees--Minimum and maximum amounts.

36-4B-29. Annual establishment of license and examination fees--Minimum and maximum amounts.
The board shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to set fees in each of the following categories in an amount which will produce sufficient revenue for the ensuing fiscal year not to exceed one hundred twenty percent of the anticipated expenses of the board for the operation of the advanced life support program by the board for that year.
The license fees for all advanced life support personnel shall be as follows:
(1)Licensure by examination, not less than fifteen dollars nor more than fifty dollars;
(2)Reexamination within one year, not less than fifteen dollars nor more than fifty dollars;
(3)Licensure by reciprocity, not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than seventy-five dollars;
(4)Renewal of a license, not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty-five dollars;
(5)Reissuance of a lost or destroyed license, following approval of the board, not more than ten dollars.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §29; SL 1986, ch 302, §57; SL 1992, ch 268, §17; SL 2008, ch 191, §7.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-30 - Monthly payment of receipts into treasury--Credit to fund--Appropriation for expenses.

36-4B-30. Monthly payment of receipts into treasury--Credit to fund--Appropriation for expenses.
Any money coming in to the board each calendar month, including license fees, renewal fees, penalty fees, and any other payments, shall be paid by the board to the state treasurer by the tenth day of the next month. The state treasurer shall credit the money to the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners fund, which fund is hereby created. The money in the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the board for the purpose of paying the expenses of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. However, the total expense incurred may not exceed the total money collected by the board under the provisions of this chapter.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §30; SL 1992, ch 268, §18.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-31 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license.

36-4B-31. Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license.
The board may deny the issuance or renewal of a license or suspend or revoke the license of any advanced life support personnel issued under this chapter upon satisfactory proof of the person's incompetence, or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct as defined in §36-4-30 or proof of a violation of this chapter.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §31; SL 1992, ch 268, §19; SL 2005, ch 199, §8.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-32 - Appeal of board decisions.

36-4B-32. Appeal of board decisions.
Any party feeling aggrieved by any act, ruling or decision of the board acting pursuant to §36-4B-31 may appeal the same under the provisions of chapter 1-26.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §32; SL 1992, ch 268, §20.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-33 - Suspension of license for mental incompetency--Restoration to reason.

36-4B-33. Suspension of license for mental incompetency--Restoration to reason.
If a person holding a license to practice advanced life support shall by final order or adjudication of a court of competent jurisdiction be adjudged to be mentally incompetent or insane, that person's license shall be suspended by the board after proceedings in compliance with chapter 1-26. Such suspension shall continue until the licensee is found or adjudged by such court to be restored to reason. The board may establish probationary conditions which it deems necessary for the best interest of the licensee.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §33; SL 1992, ch 268, §21.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-34 - Reissuance of canceled, suspended or revoked license.

36-4B-34. Reissuance of canceled, suspended or revoked license.
Upon application, the board may reissue a license to practice advanced life support to a person whose license has been canceled, suspended, or revoked. A reissuance of a license which has been canceled or revoked may not be made prior to one year after the cancellation or revocation and the reissuance of any license may be made in such manner, form, and conditions as the board may require.
Source:
SL 1978, ch 269, §34; SL 1992, ch 268, §22.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-34.1 - Peer review committee--Activities--Liability of members.

36-4B-34.1. Peer review committee--Activities--Liability of members.
For the purposes of §§36-4B-34.1 to 36-4B-34.4, inclusive, a peer review committee is one or more persons, including an emergency medical technician at any level as described in this chapter, acting as an administrative or medical committee of a licensed health care facility or a licensed ambulance service, that engages in peer review activity. There is no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages may arise against, any member of a peer review committee or against any consultant to that committee engaging in peer review activity as provided in §§36-4B-34.1 to 36-4B-34.4, inclusive, if the committee member or consultant acts without malice, has made a reasonable effort to obtain the facts of the matter under consideration, and acts in a reasonable belief that the action taken is warranted by those facts. The provisions of this section do not affect the official immunity of an officer or employee of a public corporation.
Source:
SL 2004, ch 244, §1.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-34.2 - Data of peer review committee--Disclosure--Discovery--Admissibility--Testimony.

36-4B-34.2. Data of peer review committee--Disclosure--Discovery--Admissibility--Testimony.
The proceedings, records, reports, statements, minutes, or any other data whatsoever of any committee described in §36-4B-34.1 relating to peer review activities defined in §36-4B-34.4, are not subject to discovery or disclosure under chapter 15-6 or any other provision of law, and are not admissible as evidence in any action of any kind in any court or arbitration forum, except as provided in this section. No person in attendance at any meeting described in §36-4B-34.1 is required to testify as to what transpired at such meeting. The prohibition relating to discovery of evidence does not apply to deny an emergency medical technician at any level access to, or use of, information upon which a decision regarding the person's staff privileges or employment are based. The prohibition relating to discovery of evidence does not apply to deny any person or the person's counsel in defense of an action against that person access to the materials covered under this section.
Source:
SL 2004, ch 244, §2.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-34.3 - Application of §36-4B-34.2 to observations made and records prepared during treatment--Testimony as witness.

36-4B-34.3. Application of §36-4B-34.2 to observations made and records prepared during treatment--Testimony as witness.
The provisions of §36-4B-34.2 do not apply to any observation made at the time of treatment by a health care professional present during a patient's treatment or to patient records prepared during the treatment and care rendered to a patient who is personally or by personal representative a party to an action or proceeding, the subject matter of which is the care and treatment of the patient. Furthermore, no member of any committee covered by §36-4B-34.1 who has participated in deliberations under that section involving the subject matter of the action, may testify as an expert witness for any party in any action for personal injury or wrongful death, the subject matter of which is the care and treatment of the patient. Notwithstanding membership on any committee covered by §36-4B-34.1, a health care professional observing or participating in the patient's treatment and care may testify as a fact or expert witness concerning that treatment and care, but may not be required to testify as to anything protected by §36-4B-34.1.
Source:
SL 2004, ch 244, §3.
2023 South Dakota Codified Laws › Title 36 - Professions and Occupations › Chapter 04B - Advanced Life Support Personnel › Section 36-4B-34.4 - Peer review activity defined.

36-4B-34.4. Peer review activity defined.
For the purposes of §§36-4B-34.1 to 36-4B-34.4, inclusive, peer review activity is the procedure by which a peer review committee monitors, evaluates, and recommends actions to improve the delivery and quality of services within its respective facility, agency, and profession, including any recommendation, consideration of recommendations, action with regard to recommendations, and implementation of actions. Peer review activity and acts or proceedings undertaken or performed within the scope of the functions of a peer review committee include:
(1)Matters affecting employment and terms of employment of an emergency medical technician at any level by a health care facility or a licensed ambulance service;
(2)Matters affecting the membership and terms of membership in a health professional association composed of emergency medical technicians at any level, including decisions to suspend membership privileges, expel from membership, reprimand, or censure a member, or other disciplinary actions;
(3)Review and evaluation of qualifications, competency, character, experience, activities, conduct, or performance of an emergency medical technician at any level by a licensed health care facility or a licensed ambulance service; and
(4)Review of the quality, type, or necessity of services provided by any emergency medical technician at any level employed by a licensed health care facility or a licensed ambulance service.
Source:
SL 2004, ch 244, §4.