<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.sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0 { 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.sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003 { 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="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:50:12:05"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000000">20:50:12:05</span></a><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000001">.  Failure to renew during investigation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">If an optometrist fails</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> to renew</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> the license</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> after </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">notification</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> that </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">the board has initiated </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">an investigation</span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">the board shall report the license </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">as "withdrawn under investigation" in the board's permanent license file and in any national databases to which the board is required to report licensure action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">    </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> 41 SDR 109, effective January 12, 2015</span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">; 49 SDR 12, effective August 14, 2022</span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">    </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">36-7-15</span></a><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">(</span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">2</span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">    </span><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-24"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">36-7-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">36-7-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-26"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">36-7-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11B-7"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">47-11B-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11B-14"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">47-11B-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11B-15"><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0-000003">47-11B-15</span></a><span class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdb349888-1aaf-4db8-b3c3-925a223b5556000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>