20:48:17:01.  Program personnel qualifications and duties. The board may employ or contract with individuals to serve as program personnel. The board’s executive director may appoint a program director who is licensed, or has a privilege to practice, in South Dakota as a health care professional, and possesses knowledge in mental health and substance-use disorders. The program director shall report to the executive director of the board. Program personnel duties include:

    (1)  Coordinating the evaluation committee;

    (2)  Facilitating the application and intake process;

    (3)  Developing participation agreements;

    (4)  Case managing and coordinating a participant’s compliance and continuing care with a qualified provider;

    (5)  Evaluating substance use and mental health treatment programs and health care providers for use by participants;

    (6)  Providing written reports to the board; and

    (7)  Maintaining participant records pursuant to § 20:48:17:13.

    Source: 48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021.

    General Authority: SDCL 36-2A-14.

    Law Implemented: SDCL 36-2A-2, 36-9-15, 36-9-16.