<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.s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0 { 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.s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">    </span><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">(5)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">  </span><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">Restitution and payment of all expenses of the investigation and proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">    </span><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">45 SDR 31, effective September 10, 2018; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:86:05:09"><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000004">20:86:05:09</span></a><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">, 48 SDR 60, effective December 5, 2021.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">    </span><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-32"><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000004">36-9C-32</span></a><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0">    </span><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-5"><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000004">36-9C-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000005">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-23"><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000004">36-9C-23</span></a><span class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681C0-000005">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6dcd82c1-e434-41ff-a037-12aabb20c681000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>