FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to repeal certain provisions regarding medication aides.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That subdivision (6) of § 36-9-28 be repealed.

             (6)      The administration of medications, other than by the parenteral route, by medication aides within nursing homes, supervised living facilities, health care facilities under the jurisdiction of the department of human services, and other penal and treatment centers within the state, when under the direct or indirect supervision and review of a person licensed by this chapter. Supervision may be by personal contact or indirect contact through a communication media such as telephone or radio. The complete act of administration entails removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container including a unit dose container, verifying it with the physician's orders, giving the individual dose to the proper patient, and promptly recording the time and dose given;

     Section  2.  That § 36-9-28.1 be repealed.
     36-9-28.1.   The term "medication aide" means a person duly authorized under this section to administer medication. The department of health shall, in compliance with chapter 1-26,

adopt and publish minimum standards relative to the training and qualifications of a medication aide.