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font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0-000004 { 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="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:61:11:05"><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">67</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">:</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">61</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">:</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">11</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">:</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000000">05</span></a><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000001">.  Criteria for determining evidence-based intervention.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">An </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">intervention is </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">determined to be evidence-based if</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  It is included in a f</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">ederal list or registr</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">y</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> of evidence-based interventions;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  It is r</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">eported positively in </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">a </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">peer</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">-</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">reviewed journal; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  There is d</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">ocumented effectiveness </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">in accordance with the following guidelines for evidence</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">        (a)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">The intervention is based on a theory of change that is documented in a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">clear logic or conceptual model;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">        (b)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">The intervention is similar in content and structure to interventions that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">appear in </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">a federal list or registry or in peer-reviewed literature</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">        (c)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">The intervention is supported by documentation that it has been effectively</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">implemented multiple times, in a manner attentive to scientific standards</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">of evidence and with results that show a consistent pattern of credible and positive</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">effects; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">        (d)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">  </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">The intervention is reviewed and deemed appropriate by a panel of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">prevention experts</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">including</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> prevention researchers who are</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">experienced in evaluating prevention interventions similar to those under review.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> SDR </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">, effective </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-36-25"><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000003">1-36-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000003">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">    </span><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20A-27"><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0-000003">34-20A-27</span></a><span class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1b6c68ac-119e-4cef-be80-51265e8f3c77000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>