<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.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0 { 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.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0-000004 { 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="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:06:05"><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">67</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">:</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">61</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">:</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">06</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">:</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000000">05</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">.  Appeal of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">ineligibility or </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">termination of services.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> A client, a client's parent i</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">n</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> case of a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">client under </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">the age of eighteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">, or a client's guardian, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">if applicable, </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">may appeal</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> to the </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">department,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">agency's decision </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">regarding the client's ineligibility for or the termination of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> services. An appeal </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> be made in writing</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> to the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">department, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">within </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> days of </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">receiving notice of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> the </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">decision</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">regarding the client's ineligibility for or the termination of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> services. The </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> shall provide a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">determination within </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> days of </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">receiving the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> request for appeal. If the client, the client</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">'</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">parent, or the client</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">'</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">s guardian is dissatisfied with the </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">department's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> decision regarding</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> the client's </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">ineligibility </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">for </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">the </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">termination of services, the client</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> the client</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">'</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">s parent</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">the client's </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">guardian may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">request a fair hearing</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> by notifying the department</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> in writing</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> within </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> days of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">receiving </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">the </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">department's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> decision.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">    </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">While a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> termination is being appealed, the </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">agency</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> shall continue to </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">provide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> services</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> to the client,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> until a decision is reached</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> after a hearing pursuant to SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26"><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000003">1-26</span></a><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">    </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> SDR </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">, effective </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">    </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">    </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">    </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">Cross</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> Confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records, 42</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">C.F.R. Part 2</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0"> </span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">in effect on January 18, 2017</span><span class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6d2bc8d6-83b9-4466-9b40-8833c810ec02000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>