<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.s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0 { 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.s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000003 { 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="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=02:05:03:04"><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000000">2:05:03:04</span></a><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000001">.  Investigation and dismissal of complaint.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> Upon the filing of a complaint</span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> the executive secretary shall conduct an investigation of the allegations in the complaint, in accordance with the commission's internal operating procedures for complaints against certified 911 telecommunicators. </span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">In conjunction with an investigation, the executive secretary may require the telecommunicator to undergo a psychological evaluation by a psychologist designated by the executive secretary to determine the telecommunicator's ability to perform the duties of a 911 telecommunicator.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">After the investigation is concluded, the executive secretary shall give notice of a contested case hearing or submit the complaint and any investigative report to a commission member. After examining the complaint and investigative report, the commission member must either request further investigation, direct the executive secretary to give notice of a contested case hearing or the commission member </span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">may dismiss the complaint if it appears that the grounds alleged in the complaint are frivolous, clearly unfounded in fact, or, in the opinion of the commission</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> member</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">, the appointing authority has adequately responded to allegations alleged in the complaint. </span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">If the commission member dismisses the complaint, such dismissal shall be reported to the commission at its next regularly scheduled meeting</span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">    </span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> 25 SDR 124, effective April 8, 1999</span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">; 47 SDR 130, effective June 6, 2021</span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">    </span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-45-29"><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000003">34-45-29</span></a><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">    </span><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-45-29"><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0-000003">34-45-29</span></a><span class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2bee3950-bbdc-4b60-8d2e-59501b7dd1f7000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>