<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.s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0 { 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.s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000003 { 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="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:80:08:17"><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000000">20:80:08:17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001">Qualified continuing education</span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0"> </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">Qualified continuing education is an academic course, in-house program, workshop, clinic, forum, lecture, program, seminar, or other educational activity delivered for the purpose of increasing or sustaining the proficiency of the licensee in the practice of addiction or prevention counseling</span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">    </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">An academic semester credit equals fifteen continuing education hours and an academic quarter credit equals ten continuing education hours</span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">    </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">The same qualified continuing education may not be repeated by a licensee in consecutive continuing education cycles</span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">    </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0"> </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023</span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">    </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-12"><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000003">36-34-12</span></a><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">    </span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-12"><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0-000003">36-34-12</span></a><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">(1)</span><span class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3773f08b-9719-469b-8a23-8303c6142773000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>