<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.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0 { 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.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0-000004 { 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="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:02:15"><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">67</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">:</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">61</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">:</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">02</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">:</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000000">15</span></a><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000001">.  Denial of accreditation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> If the </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> denies </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">accreditation </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> an</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">agency, the </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">department must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> send notice of the denial to the agency by certified mail, return</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">receipt requested, within </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> days of the final review. The notice of denial </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> inform</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">the agency that the denial is effective </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">fifteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> days after receipt of the notice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">    </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> SDR </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">, effective </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">    </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-36-25"><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000003">1-36-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000003">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">    </span><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0-000003">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se9f667e0-1748-4355-b6e6-d5e7842cfa04000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>