<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.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0 { 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.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16b000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0-000004 { 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="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:02:14"><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">67</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">62</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">02</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000000">14</span></a><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000001">.  Denial of accreditation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> If the </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">departmant</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> denies </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">accreditation to </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">center, the </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">department must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> send notice of the denial to the center by certified mail, return</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">receipt requested, within </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">sixty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> days of the final review. The notice of denial </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> inform</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">the center that the denial is effective </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">fifteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> days after receipt of the notice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">    </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> SDR </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">, effective </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">    </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-36-25"><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000003">1-36-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">    </span><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16bP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68e5a037-dab8-414f-acaa-9cd429ddb16b000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>