<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.s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0 { 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.s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000003 { 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="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:04:07"><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000000">20:50:04:07</span></a><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000001">.  Claims of superiority.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> </span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">An o</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">ptometrist may not claim to have superior qualifications</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> superior equipment available for use in </span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">the optometrist's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> practice</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> or </span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">a superior</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> quality of service to patients</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">, to other similarly licensed optometrists</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">. An optometrist certified to prescribe and administer pharmaceutical agents may, however, indicate such qualifications.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">    </span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> 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; 31 SDR 101, effective January 19, 2005</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">    </span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">(2)</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">    </span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">(</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">2</span><span class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062C0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a5ea238-1fe0-4add-8ca7-279d18423062000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>