<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.s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0 { 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.s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9a000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000003 { 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="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:06:09"><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000000">20:51:06:09</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001">.  Permit expires </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001">one hundred twenty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001"> days after death of pharmacist</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001"> owner</span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> Except in the event of the death of the pharmacist </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">owner</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">, a pharmacy </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">license </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">is void </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">if</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> the </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">pharmacist owner</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> ceases to be in active management of the pharmacy. </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">If</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> a pharmacist </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">owner</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> dies, the pharmacy may not be kept open for business without a pharmacist on duty and in charge. A pharmacy </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">license </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">in the name of a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">deceased </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">pharmacist become</span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> void unless transfer of the </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">license</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> has been made within the </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">one hundred twenty</span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">-day period to a pharmacist owner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9a000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">    </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986</span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025</span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">    </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000003">36-11-11</span></a><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">(3)</span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">    </span><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-38"><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0-000003">36-11-38</span></a><span class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1abadfc3-a65c-4e17-b033-f6bc6b817c9a000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>