<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.s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0 { 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.s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000003 { 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="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:43:04:01"><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000000">20:43:04:01</span></a><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000001">.  Representation of or advertising specialty practice.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0"> A dentist may advertise or represent oneself as a specialist or use the terms specializes, specializing, or another variation of either term, for any specialty in which the dentist has completed a post-doctoral program that</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    (1)  </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">Consists of at least two full-time years; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    (2)  </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">Is accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or is administered by a dental school accredited by an organization recognized by the United States Department of Education</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">A dentist advertising or representing oneself as a specialist or using the term specializes, specializing, or another variation of either term, must avoid any implication that another dentist associated with the same practice or entity is a specialist, unless that dentist meets the requirements of this section</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">Declaration to the public of a specialty practice or the inference of specialty status not authorized by </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">this </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">section is engaging in false or misleading advertising</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 87, effective March 2, 1980; 11 SDR 73, effective November 27, 1984; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 18 SDR 132, effective February 17, 1992; 37 SDR 131, effective January 6, 2011</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-14"><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000003">36-6A-14</span></a><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">(</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">20</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">    </span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-14"><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000003">36-6A-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">(1)(22), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-28"><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000003">36-6A-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A-29"><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0-000003">36-6A-29</span></a><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">, 26-6A-59.1(13)</span><span class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s862b73c1-9a5f-4c19-ba50-5c60f7b6ffb4000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>