<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.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0 { 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.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000001 { color: #000000; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785ed000002 { color: #000000; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0-000004 { 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="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:04:04"><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">67</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">:</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">62</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">:</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">04</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">:</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000000">04</span></a><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000001">.  Center's right to appeal.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> Within </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> days of the refusal to serve, the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">center's director may submit a letter of appeal to the </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">department,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> stating the center's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">cause for maintaining its contract funds. The </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> shall make a determination</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">and respond to the center within </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">fourteen days</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> of receiving the letter of appeal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785ed000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">    </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> SDR </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">, effective </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">    </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">    </span><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-3-1"><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000003">27A-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785edP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s898b89c7-4940-4975-bb72-f75b04b785ed000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>