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font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007000003 { 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="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:51:29:24"><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000000">20:51:29:24</span></a><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000001">.  Confidentiality.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> In the absence of express written consent from the patient or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">written order or direction of a court, except where the best interests of the patient require, a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">registered </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">pharmacy technician may not divulge or reveal to any person other than </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">as outlined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-69"><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000002">36-11-69</span></a><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">, any of the following</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> information</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    (1)  The contents of any prescription drug order or medication</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> the therapeutic effect thereof</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> or the nature of professional pharmaceutical services rendered to </span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> patient;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    (2)  The nature, extent, or degree of illness suffered by </span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> patient; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    (3)  Any medical information furnished by the prescriber.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    </span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    </span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-11"><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000002">36-11-11</span></a><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">(1)</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">(13)</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">    </span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-2"><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000002">36-11-</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000002">2</span></a><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">(</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">22</span><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11-69"><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0-000002">36-11-69</span></a><span class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb95f46c-eda1-45e5-9128-04d41a8b3007000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>