<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.s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0 { 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.s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000003 { 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="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:03:01"><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000000">20:50:03:01</span></a><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000001">.  Recognized optometric schools or colleges.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">A recognized </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">optometric </span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">school or college is a school or college approved</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0"> by the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">Accredication </span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">Council on Optometric Education of the American Optometric Association.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">    </span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0"> 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</span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">    </span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">(2)</span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">    </span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-11"><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000003">36-7-11</span></a><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">(5)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">(6)</span><span class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s110f0ee3-bb8f-4fc9-bbb5-9c3f7e198ca9000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>