<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.s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0 { 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.s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003 { 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="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:12"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000000">20:48:04.01:12</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000001">.  Medication administration tasks that may not be delegated.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> </span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> licensed nurse may not delegate the following tasks of medication administration:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    (1)  Administration of schedule II controlled substances listed in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20B-16"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">34-20B-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20B-17"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">34-20B-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> from a locked stock supply;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    (2)  Administration of medications by subcutaneous, intramuscular, intradermal, or intravenous route except as authorized in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:10"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">20:48:04.01:1</span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">0</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:16"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">20:48:04.01:16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:18"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">20:48:04.01:18</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, inclusive</span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    (3)  Administration of medications by way of a tube inserted in a cavity of the body</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, except as authorized in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:18"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">20:48:04.01:1</span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">8</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    (4)  Administration of medications via inhalation route in a complex nursing situation as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:01:01"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">20:48:01:01</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    (5)  Calculation of any medication dose</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, except as authorized in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:10"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">20:48:04.01:1</span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">0</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    </span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> 21 SDR 13, effective August 7, 1994; 26 SDR 174, effective July 4, 2000; 28 SDR 36, effective September 18, 2001; 41 SDR 12, effective July 31, 2014</span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">; 49 SDR 51, effective November 27, 2022</span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    </span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-33A-2"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">13-33A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">(4).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">    </span><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-33A-1"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">13-33A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-3"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">36-9-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-4"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">36-9-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-4"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">36-9-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">.1, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ad49200-6970-47fe-8d3c-70e70852304d000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>