<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.sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0 { 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.sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000003 { 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="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:80:10:01"><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000000">20:80:10:01</span></a><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000001">.  Filing the complaint.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> Any complaint against a practitioner must be made in writing </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">to the board </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">and include the full name and address of the complainant. The complaint must </span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">contain</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> facts</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> describe the nature of the complaint. A complaint is not a public record. </span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">An</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> agency or individual who files a complaint</span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> or provides information related to a complaint</span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> has </span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">no</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> right to participate in the investigation or formal disciplinary proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">The board shall review all complaints in accordance with SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-18"><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000003">36-34-18</span></a><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">    </span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006; transferred from § 46:33:10:01, 40 SDR 58, effective October 9, 2013</span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">; 50 SDR 12, effective August 8, 2023</span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">    </span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-12"><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000003">36-34-12</span></a><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">    </span><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-12"><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000003">36-34-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">(1)(2)(3), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34-18"><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0-000003">36-34-18</span></a><span class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfc10b5bd-9bbe-42ba-8707-8d74098a3629000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>