<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.sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0 { 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.sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:02"><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">20</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">:</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">48</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">:</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">16</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">:</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000000">02</span></a><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000001">.  Medication aide registration -- Application -- Title.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">The board shall register an individual </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">seeking initial registration </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">as a medication aide if the individual</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">  </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">Appl</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">ies</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> on the form provided by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">  </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">Hold</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> a high school diploma or equivalent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">  </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">Successfully complete</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> a board</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">-</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">approved training program in accordance with</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:04.01:13"><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000003">20:48:04.01:13</span></a><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    (4)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">  </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">Provide</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> evidence of having passed a board</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">-appro</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">ved examination</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> for medication administration with a minimum score of seventy-five percent; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    (5)  Is not otherwise disqualified under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:04"><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000003">20:48:16:04</span></a><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">An applicant who completed training that was not approved by the board shall make a request for an equivalency determination on a form provided by the board</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    If the applicant does not meet the registration requirements for this section, the board must deny the application.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">An individual registered as a medication aide in this state may use the title "registered medication aide" and the abbreviation "RMA".</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> 44 SDR 81, effective November 6, 2017</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">; 49 SDR 1, effective July 6, 2022; 49 SDR 51, effective November 27, 2022; 52 SDR 24, effective September 8, 2025</span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">    </span><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efC0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50efP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdeaf9ccb-c372-4010-9f42-2641a30b50ef000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>