<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.s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0 { 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.s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002 { background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000003 { 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="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:03"><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">20</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">:</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">48</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">:</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">16</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">:</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000000">03</span></a><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000001">.  Medication aide registration -- Renewal or reinstatement.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> A </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">registered medication aide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> shall renew the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">registration </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">as a medication aide </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">biennially. </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">Renewal of registration is by the birth date of the registrant. The board shall send a notice</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> for renewal to the last known address</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">of each </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">registered medication aide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> at least </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">ninety</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> days </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">before</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> the registrant's expiration date. Failure to</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">receive the notice for renewal does not relieve the </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">registered medication aide</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> of the responsibility for renewing</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> by the final date of the registration renewal period</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">. If a medication aide fails to renew by the final date of the renewal period or fails to meet the renewal requirements listed in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this section, the aide must be listed as lapsed on the registry.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    The board </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> renew </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">the registration of, </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">or reinstate </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">the lapsed registration of, a medication aide if the aide</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">  </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">Applies on the form provided by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">  Submits an affidavit that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> the applicant has </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">committed no act of misconduct as set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:04"><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000003">20:48:16:04</span></a><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">Provides a verified statement that indicates whether the applicant </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">was</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> employed </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">to administer medications to clients in a nursing facility, assisted living center, or hospital </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">for</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">a minimum of </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">twelve</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> hours during the preceding </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">twenty-four</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> months.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    An applicant who does</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> not</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">meet the requirement </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">in subdivision (3) of this section </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">must repeat the </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">medication aide </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">training program </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">and skills evaluation </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">and </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">the </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">examination</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">requirements listed in</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:16:02"><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000003">20:48:16:02</span></a><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> 44 SDR 81, effective November 6, 2017</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">; 49 SDR 1, effective July 6, 2022; 49 SDR 51, effective November 27, 2022; 52 SDR 24, effective September 8, 2025</span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">    </span><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0-000003">36-9-21</span></a><span class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524C0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30133f11-c0cc-4e8f-936f-3561a9dd4524000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>