<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.sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0 { 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.sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443000003 { 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="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:75:07:05"><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000000">20:75:07:05</span></a><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000001">.  Equivalent reviews.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> If a firm undergoes an equivalent peer review during its three-year review cycle, it may request that the board accept the review as fulfilling the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:75:07:02"><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000002">20:75:07:02</span></a><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    The request must be submitted on forms provided by the board</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> and must set forth the name of the reviewing body, the date of the review, and any other information requested by the board. If the review has not been completed, the reviewer must agree to retain all materials associated with the peer review until notice from the board of the acceptance of the review. The request for acceptance of an equivalent review form must be received by the board by June </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">first of the year in which the peer review is due with the one-hundred twenty-five dollar fee.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> If the firm </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">subject to review </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">has not engaged a reviewer by June </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">first,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> the firm must submit a copy of the request for equivalent review form</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">, with the fee and </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">without the reviewer's signature and submit the original form with the reviewer's signature within </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> days after engaging the reviewer. If the original form with the reviewer's signature is not received within </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> days, </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">the firm must submit an additional</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> late fee of </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">seventy-five dollars</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    If the board approves the request for an equivalent review, the firm subject to review must submit</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> to the board</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> the reviewer's report; the findings for further consideration, if any; the reviewed firm's response to the findings for further consideration, if any; the final letter of approval; and a description of the status of any disciplinary action prescribed by the particular reviewing body. If the equivalent peer review was completed prior to the firm's request, the firm must submit the required information to the board within </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> days after the date on the board's letter confirming the request. If the equivalent peer review </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">is to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> be completed after the firm receives board confirmation of the request, the firm must submit the required information within </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> days after the date of the final letter of approval from the reviewing body. If the information is </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">submitted</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> after </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> days from the date of the final letter of approval from the reviewing body, it must be accompanied by a fee of </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">one hundred dollars</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    Following receipt of the required information, the board shall proceed in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:75:07:15"><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000002">20:75:07:15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:75:07:16"><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000002">20:75:07:16</span></a><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> 29 SDR 16, effective August 14, 2002; 30 SDR 119, effective February 9, 2004; 35 SDR 165, effective December 22, 2008; 36 SDR 216, effective July 6, 2010</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">; 51 SDR 141, effective July 1, 2025</span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-12"><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000002">36-20B-12</span></a><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">    </span><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-20B-36"><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0-000002">36-20B-36</span></a><span class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfb412d52-7781-4f44-9dd2-ec419e218443000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>