<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.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0 { 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.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58e000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0-000004 { 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="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:03:04"><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">67</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">:</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">61</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">:</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">03</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">:</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000000">04</span></a><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000001">.  Discrimination in services prohibited.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> No agency may deny any</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">person equal access to its facilities or services on the basis of race, color, religion, gender,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">ancestry, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">or </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">national origin</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">No agency may deny any person equal access to its facilities or services on the basis of </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">mental or physical illness, or disability</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> unless </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> illness or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">disability makes treatment offered by the agency non-beneficial or hazardous. Each agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">shall ensure that </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">it complies</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">12101 et seq.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">, in effect on </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">September 25, 2008</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> 28 C.F.R. Part 36</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">in effect on January 17, 2017</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">The agency shall provide referral services to individuals not admitted to treatment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">    </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> SDR </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">, effective </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">    </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-36-25"><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000003">1-36-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000003">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">    </span><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=20-13-23"><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000003">20-13-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=20-13-23"><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000003">20-13-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">.1, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0-000003">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58eP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5a7ed86a-98c8-4bed-8b78-b186ea71d58e000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>