<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.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0 { 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.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0-000004 { 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="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:04:04"><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">67</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">:</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">61</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">:</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">04</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">:</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000000">04</span></a><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000001">.  Retention of records.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> Each agency shall retain all financial records,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">client case records, and documentation of services provided</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> for at least six calendar years</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">post-treatment</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">If a client is under the age of eighteen on the last date of treatment, records must be retained for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> at least six calendar years after the client reaches </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">age </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">of eighteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">. Records may not be destroyed </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">while</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> an audit or investigation is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">pending.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">    </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> SDR </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">, effective </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">    </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">    </span><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-3-1"><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000003">27A-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0164eed9-99b0-40a0-93ae-f72f90b00697000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>