<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.sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0 { 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.sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7d000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:52:01:03"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000000">20:52:01:03</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001">.  Physician assistant </span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001">collaborative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001"> agreement.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0"> A physician assistant</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0"> who is not exempt from the requirement to pratice under a collaborative</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0"> agreement </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">pursuant to SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-1.2"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002">36-4A-1.2</span></a><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">, shall use a form approved by the State Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners to create the agreement</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">. The agreement </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">must contain the content required in SDCL subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-1.1"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002">36-4A-1.1</span></a><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">(2), and other information as may be required by the board</span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">If a physician assistant, practicing without a collaborative agreement, is no longer certified by or fails to renew certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, the physician assistant, in order to continue practicing, must have a collaborative agreement as set forth in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-1.1"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002">36-4A-1.1</span></a><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">, and this section</span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">    </span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 34 SDR 93, effective October 17, 2007</span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">; 52 SDR 44, effective November 3, 2025</span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">    </span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-42"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002">36-4A-42</span></a><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">    </span><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-1.1"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002">36-4A-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-1.2"><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0-000002">36-4A-1.2</span></a><span class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbaef7f74-b962-4941-9c33-6aa5d6960e7d000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>