<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.s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0 { 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.s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47e000003 { 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="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:02:06"><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000000">67:12:02:06</span></a><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000001">.  Final decision of conference.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">The department shall advise t</span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">he applicant or recipient of the final decision at the end of the conference</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> held pursuant to </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">§</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:02:04"><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000002">67:12:02:04</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">. If a final decision cannot be made, the conference may be extended until </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">a </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">decision is rendered</span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">after which</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> written notice of final decision </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">must be </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">delivered to the applicant or recipient. The applicant or recipient has </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> days from the final decision of the conference to request a hearing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">    </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981</span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">; 52 SDR 55, effective December 2, 2025</span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">    </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000002">28-6-1</span></a><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">    </span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000002">28-</span><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s94166c18-26b2-438e-a47c-bac475d8a47e000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>