<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.sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0 { 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.sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:62"><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000000">67:12:01:62</span></a><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000001">.  Incapacity based on blindness or visual impairment -- Medical findings required.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> Aid to </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">F</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">amilies </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">W</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">ith </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">D</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">ependent </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">C</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">hildren assistance may be granted to a child whose parent suffers from physical incapacity because of blindness or visual impairment. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">To conclude the parent suffers from a physical incapacity, the disability incapacity consultation team must, based upon a review of sources described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:40"><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">67:12:01:40</span></a><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">, find</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> that the incapacity is </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">so</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> debilitating that it reduces substantially or eliminates the parent's ability to support or care for the otherwise eligible child. A determination of incapacity shall be made by the disability</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">incapacity consultation team as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:40"><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">67:12:01:40</span></a><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    Notwithstanding this section, a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">ny parent who meets the definition of </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">a blind individual</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> as defined under the </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">supplemental security income</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">, social security</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> disability insurance</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">, or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">supplemental security income </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">disability program has established conclusive proof of physical incapacity due to blindness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> 1 SDR 66, effective April 3, 1975; 7 SDR 23, effective September 18, 1980; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 18 SDR 67, effective October 13, 1991</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">28-</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">28-</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">6</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000002">-1</span></a><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    Definition of </span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">a blind individual</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">, 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(2).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    Definition of terms, 4</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> C.F.R. § 233.80.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">    Physical or mental incapacity, 4</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0"> C.F.R. § 233.90(</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">c</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">)</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">(1)</span><span class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91C0">(iv).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff3d2691-12c8-4f91-9da3-eb88489e2e91000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>