<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.s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0 { 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.s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000006 { 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="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:10"><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000000">20:48:16:10</span></a><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000001">.  Certified nurse aide registration -- Skills evaluation requirements.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0"> </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">To administer the skills evaluation required by §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:08"><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000002">20:48:16:08</span></a><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3">, a board-approved nurse aide training program shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">(1)  </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">Use a pool of skills evaluation checklists approved by the board</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">    (2)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">Use a skills evaluator, who meets the qualifications in </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">§</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:11"><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000002">20:48:16:11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3">, to evaluate an </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000005">applicant</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">'</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000005">s ability to safely demonstrate the performance of a minimum of four skills </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">selected at </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000005">random by the board from the pool of skills</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000005">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000005">    (3)  </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">Require the skills evaluator to advise the applicant, prior to administering the evaluation, that the completed skills evaluation checklists are to be provided to the board for scoring</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3"> and, upon successful completion of the evaluation, the applicant is to be placed on the board</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">'</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3">s certified nurse aide registry</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">    (4)  </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">Submit the completed skills evaluation checklists to the board for scoring</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">    </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC3-000004">Upon receipt of the four skills evaluation checklists, the board shall score each checklist to determine if the applicant safely demonstrated the critical items on a checklist. If an applicant fails to safely demonstrate a critical item on a skills evaluation checklist, the board must provide notice to the applicant of the area not passed and allow the applicant to be re-evaluated on the skill two times</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130c000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">    </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0"> </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">52 SDR 24, effective September 8, 2025</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">    </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000006">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">    </span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0-000006">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">(5)</span><span class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130cP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2c790b13-210b-4434-8582-a0322cb9130c000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>