<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.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0 { 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.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0-000004 { 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="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:02:07"><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">67</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">:</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">62</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">:</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">02</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">:</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000000">07</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001">.  Renewal of accreditation -- </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001">C</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001">omprehensive survey.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">Each</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> center</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">currently accredited by the </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> shall participate in a comprehensive survey to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">determine compliance with the requirements of this article and SDCL title 27A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> prior to the renewal of accreditation</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">. The</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> shall notify the center of the date of the comprehensive survey.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    The </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> shall </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">determine whether, based on the survey, the center complied</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> with SDCL title 27A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">and this article</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> within </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">ninety</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> days of the </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">comprehensive survey. The determination must be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> based on the evaluation of each</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">component of the accreditation application and materials reviewed</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">As a result, the department shall</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">  </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">Issue a three</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">-</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">year accreditation certificate</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> if a center is in compliance with </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">ninety </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">percent or more of the requirements and submits a plan of correction </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">that is </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">approved by the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> department and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> addresses all areas of noncompliance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">  </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">Issue a two</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">-</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">year accreditation certificate</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> if a center is in compliance with </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">seventy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> eighty-nine</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> percent of the requirements and submits a plan of correction </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">that is </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">approved by the </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">department and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> addresses all areas of noncompliance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">  </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">Place a center on probation for no more than six months</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> if the center is in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">compliance with less than </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">seventy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> percent of the requirements. If the center successfully</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">completes a plan of correction approved by the </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">department</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">, addresses all areas of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">noncompliance, and attains at least </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">seventy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> percent compliance, the </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">department must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> issue a one</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">-</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">year accreditation certificate; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    (4)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">  </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">Deny accreditation</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> if the center fails to </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">substantially comply with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> the requirements of SDCL title</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">27A and this article or fails to submit a plan of correction approved by the </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">department</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> SDR </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">, effective </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-36-25"><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000003">1-36-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">    </span><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005dfP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3b98fb90-4a1e-44ff-8bc0-1b32bf7005df000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>