<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.scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0 { 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.scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000003 { 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="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:04:01"><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000000">20:50:04:01</span></a><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000001">.  Confidential communications.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0"> All information received from the patient in the course of treatment </span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0"> be treated as a privileged communication and held inviolate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">    </span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 66, effective January 8, 1980; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986</span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">; 49 SDR 12, August 14, 2022</span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">    </span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">(2)</span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">    </span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">(</span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">2</span><span class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58C0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb2f30b0-0404-4adb-9fbe-009b78934a58000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>