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margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:66:03:02"><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">20</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">66</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">03</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000000">02</span></a><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000001">.  Activities for continuing education requirements.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0"> </span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">To meet the continuing education hours required in §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:66:03:01"><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">20:66:03:01</span></a><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">, an activity must</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704b000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    (1)  Directly relate to the practice of physical therapy;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    (2)  </span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">Be planned, organized, and designed to maintain, improve, or expand a physical therapist s or physical therapist assistant s practice knowledge and skills to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    (3)  Be</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0"> approved by</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704b000006"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">        (a)  T</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">he American Physical Therapy Association</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">        (b)  The American Physical Therapy Association - South Dakota Chapter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">        (c)  The State Board of Physical Therapy; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">        (d)  A board responsible for licensing physical therapists or physical therapist assistants in another state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704b000006"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    </span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0"> </span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">44 SDR 95, effective December 7, 2017; 50 SDR 66, effective December 3, 2023; 51 SDR 41, effective October 3, 2024</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    </span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-10-36"><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">36</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">-</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">10</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">-</span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">36</span></a><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">    </span><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-10-51"><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0-000002">36-10-51</span></a><span class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704bP0-000005"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s34b02630-4fd4-45ce-be8d-bb00a282704b000006"> </span></p></div></body></html>