<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.sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0 { 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.sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003 { 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="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:04:11"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000000">20:50:04:11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001">.  Improper </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001">business </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001">relationships.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">T</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">he following business relationships are prohibited:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    (1)  An office rental, lease, or office space-sharing arrangement </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">that,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> by virtue of location</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> causes the optometrist to be in violation of SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-17"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> by being directly employed by or connected with another person or entity other than an optometrist, ophthalmologist, or other licensed healing arts professional or in which the optometrist's office, location, or place of practice is owned, operated, supervised, staffed, directed, or attended by any other person, corporation, or entity not licensed to practice optometry, ophthalmology, or other healing arts in t</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">his state</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    (2)  An arrangement or agreement, express or implied, with any firm, business, corporation, person, or other entity not licensed to practice optometry in this state </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> would interfere with the optometrist's independent ability to provide professional care for patients without outside influence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    Nothing in this section </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> be construed to prohibit a practice established under the terms of SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11B"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">47-11B</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> or affect referrals between persons authorized to practice medicine or optometry in </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">this state</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 66, effective January 8, 1980; 12 SDR 78, effective November 10, 1985; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 21 SDR 35, effective August 30, 1994; 32 SDR 129, effective January 31, 2006</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">(2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-17"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-25</span></a><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">    </span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">(</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">2</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-17"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25"><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0-000003">36-7-25</span></a><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">(8)</span><span class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sebf0082d-a465-4196-a4c5-346be60be657000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>