<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.s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0 { 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.s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000003 { 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="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:04:04"><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000000">20:50:04:04</span></a><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000001">.  Maintenance of office.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0"> An office maintained for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0"> the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0"> practice of optometry must be clean and sanitary. The office must be exclusive of any other business and must be physically disconnected from any commercial business or influence in the same building by use of floor-to-ceiling wall separations and a separate front entrance to the outside or to common hallways.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">    </span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 66, effective January 8, 1980; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 21 SDR 35, effective August 30, 1994</span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">    </span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">(2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25"><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000003">36-7-</span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000003">25</span></a><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">(8)</span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">    </span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">(</span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">2</span><span class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896C0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1721c4ed-abb3-4375-9263-24ed1c71a896000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>