13-42-9. Grounds for refusal to issue or renew certificate or for revocation or suspension.

The secretary may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke or suspend, any certificate for:

(1)    Incompetency;

(2)    A determination by the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission or the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission that a violation of the code of ethics established pursuant to § 13-43-25 or 13-43-45 exists;

(3)    Flagrant neglect of duty;

(4)    Failure to fulfill any requirement for certification imposed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 13-43 and rules promulgated thereto;

(5)    Moral turpitude, as defined in § 22-1-2; or

(6)    Any other cause specifically allowed by law.

Source: SL 1955, ch 41, ch 16, §§ 5, 10; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 15.3805, 15.3810; SDCL § 13-43-9; SL 1969, ch 50; SL 1975, ch 128, § 299; SL 1977, ch 138, § 1; SL 1999, ch 91, § 1; SL 2001, ch 88, § 2; SL 2002, ch 92, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 63; SL 2010, ch 90, § 1; SL 2015, ch 98, § 8; SL 2022, ch 44, § 1.