<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.sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162P0 { 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.sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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transferred from § 46:33:01:05, 40 SDR 58, effective October 9, 2013</span><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023</span><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">    </span><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-12"><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000003">36-34-12</span></a><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">    </span><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-12"><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000003">36-34-12</span></a><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">(1)(3).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">    </span><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0-000001">National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors/National Certification Commission for Addiction Professionals Code of Ethics, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">2021. Copies of the Code of Ethics may be obtained on the Board's website at </span><a href="https://dss.sd.gov/licensingboards/bapp/bapp.aspx"><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C2">https://dss.sd.gov/licensingboards/bapp/bapp.aspx</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0"> or </span><a href="https://www.naadac.org/code-of-ethics"><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C2">https://www.naadac.org/code-of-ethics</span></a><span class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd9a34390-9ef5-49e2-a371-8d9bf47a5162000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>