<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.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0 { 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.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC3 { color: black; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC4 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC5 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254b000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000003 { 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="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:05"><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000000">20:48:16:05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">.  </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">Name change requirements</span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">If </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC3">an applicant or registrant </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC4">has a ch</span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC5">ange of name, the applicant or registrant must, within sixty days, submit to the board an application and a certified copy of the legal instrument or other written evidence that authenticates the name change. The board shall, upon receipt of the application and legal instrument or other evidence, add the name to the applicant s registration application or change the registrant s name on the board s nursing assistant registry</span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC5">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">    </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0"> </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">51 SDR 16, effective August 18, 2024.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">    </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">    </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">(5)</span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0-000001">Cross Reference: </span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">Court proceedings not required for nonfraudulent change to new, consistently used name, Attorney General's Opinion No. 77-31</span><span class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9ef1055d-c1d7-4ee1-b98e-6d98c2f2254b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>