<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.s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0 { 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.s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000003 { 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="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:43"><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000000">67:12:01:43</span></a><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000001">.  Medical examinations if information not available -- Choice of examiners.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">The department may request a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> medical examination of the applicant or recipient only when medical information is not available from physicians' records and other medical sources to establish mental or physical incapacity. </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">If requested,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">the </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">examination</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> be completed by a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">licensed </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">physician, physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner of the applicant's or recipient's choice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">    </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 7 SDR 23, effective September 18, 1980; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981</span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">    </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000003">28-</span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000003">6-1</span></a><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">    </span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000003">28-</span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000003">6</span><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0-000003">-1</span></a><span class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0faa01a3-d3fe-422d-8725-df54a6967522000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>