<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:41:09:04 Cooperation with board or ethics committee.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:41:09:04"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:41:09:04 Cooperation with board or ethics committee."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:41:09:04.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cooperation with board or ethics committee.</b> Chiropractors shall fully cooperate and respond promptly in writing to any complaint filed with the board or the ethics committee and to any inquiry from the board or the ethics committee to the chiropractor. Each chiropractor shall report all acts of suspected dishonesty or incompetence or illegal activities involving other chiropractors to the investigator for the board. Each chiropractor shall report in writing to the board or the ethics committee any claim of malpractice or claim of dishonesty known to the chiropractor to be pending and the name and address of the plaintiff, plaintiff's attorney, location of court file, and general nature of any lawsuit pending against the chiropractor in which any claim of malpractice or dishonesty is made. All such matters shall be reported within 30 days after the service of process in the lawsuit or within 30 days after the chiropractor has knowledge of the existence of such claims, whichever is sooner.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 2 SDR 63, effective April 12, 1976; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 28 SDR 88, effective December 23, 2001.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-4">36-5-4</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-21">36-5-21(4).</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-1">36-5-1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-2">36-5-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-4">36-5-4</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-14.2">36-5-14.2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-15.2">36-5-15.2(3)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-16">36-5-16</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-5-21">36-5-21(4).</A></p> </div> </body> </html>