<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.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0 { 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.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0-000004 { 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="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:02:03"><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">67</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">:</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">62</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">:</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">02</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">:</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000000">03</span></a><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000001">.  Application for accreditation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">A center</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> seeking to operate as an</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">accredited community mental health center </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> submit an application for accreditation</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">to the </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">. The </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> shall make accreditation application forms available upon</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">request. </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">The department shall return and may not consider an incomplete application submitted by a center</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">    The </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> shall provide the necessary application forms to a center seeking</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">renewal of accreditation at least </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> days before the expiration of the center's current</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">accreditation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">    </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> SDR </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">, effective </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">    </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">    </span><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81P0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24bcb0eb-133e-4672-bdbf-9657cf4b5e81000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>