<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.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0 { 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.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0-000004 { margin-top: 0; line-height: 115.0%; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: left; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:02:08"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">67</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">:</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">61</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">:</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">02</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">:</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000000">08</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001">.  Renewal of accreditation - </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001">C</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001">omprehensive survey.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">Each</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">currently accredited by the </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> shall participate in a comprehensive survey to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">determine compliance with the requirements of this article and SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002">34-20A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> prior to the renewal of accreditation</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">. The</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> shall notify the agency of the date of the comprehensive survey.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    The </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> shall </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">determine whether, based on the survey, the agency complied</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> with SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002">34-20A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> and this article</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> within </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">ninety</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> days of the comprehensive survey</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">. The determination must be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> based on the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">evaluation of each component of the accreditation application and materials reviewed</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">As a result, the department may</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">  </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">Issue a three</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">-</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">year accreditation certificate</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> if an agency is in compliance with </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">ninety </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">percent or more of the requirements and submits a plan of correction </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">that is </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">approved by the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> department and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> addresses all areas of noncompliance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">  </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">Issue a two</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">-</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">year accreditation certificate</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> if an agency is in compliance with </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">seventy </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">to </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">eighty-nine</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> percent of the requirements and submits a plan of correction </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">that is </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">approved by the </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">department and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> addresses all areas of noncompliance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">Place an agency on probation for not more than </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">six</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> months</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> if an agency is in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">compliance with less than </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">seventy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> percent of the requirements. If the agency successfully</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">completes a plan of correction approved by the </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">department</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">, addresses all areas of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">noncompliance, and attains at least </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">seventy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> percent during a comprehensive survey at</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">the end of the probationary period, the </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> issue a one</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">-</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">year accreditation</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">certificate; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    (4)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">Deny accreditation if the agency fails to </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">substantially comply with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> the requirements of SDCL chapter</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002">34-20A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> and this article or fails to submit a plan of correction approved by the </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">department</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> SDR </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">, effective </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-36-25"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002">1-36-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">    </span><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0-000002">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61eP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scde1f479-f32e-4def-bdfd-4025d876b61e000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>