<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:79:02:05"><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000000">20:79:02:05</span></a><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000001">.  Continuing education.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">To be eligible for renewal, a licensee</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> must complete at least twenty </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">credit</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> hours or 2.0 units of continuing education for each two-year renewal period. One unit of continu</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">ing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> education is equal to </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">ten</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> credit hour</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">A one-credit college course is equal to 1.5 units. </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">Continu</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">ing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> education may be completed through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> (ASHA)</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">, ASHA</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">-</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">approved providers, or any formal education courses or presentations in which the objectives relate to the theory or clinical application of theory pertaining to the practice of speech-language pathology.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">    The board retains final authority for acceptance of any continuing education submissions by </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> licensee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">    </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> 39 SDR 220, effective June 27, 2013</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">; 50 SDR 23, effective September 3, 2023</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">    </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-12"><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000003">36-37-12</span></a><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">    </span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-12"><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000003">36-37-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">(15), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37-21"><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0-000003">36-37-21</span></a><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">(7)</span><span class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2a70fb13-fe35-4b36-9884-c0a81af39465000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>