<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.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0 { 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.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000004 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000005 { color: #000000; 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="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:86:02:12"><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">20</span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">:</span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">86</span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">:</span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">02</span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">:</span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000000">12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000002">Judicial declaration of incompetence or involuntary commitment.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0"> If a person licensed or certified by this board has been judicially declared incompetent or involuntarily committed to a mental hospital or treatment center, the board of certified professional midwives, upon proof of that fact, shall enter an order either placing the person on inactive status or suspending the person from the practice of professional midwifery for an indefinite period until further order of the board. A copy of the order shall be served upon the person, the person's guardian, and the director of the mental hospital by certified mail, with return receipt requested.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">    </span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">45 SDR 31, effective September 10, 2018; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:86:05:10"><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000004">20:86:05:10</span></a><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">, 48 SDR 60, effective December 5, 2021.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">    </span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-32"><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000004">36-9C-32</span></a><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0">    </span><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-5"><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000004">36-9C-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000005">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-23"><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000004">36-9C-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000005">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C-29"><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000004">36-9C-29</span></a><span class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79C0-000005">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2b49d9be-ebcd-488d-8169-2c697abb6e79000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>