<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.sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0 { 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.sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576ba000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:67:04:13"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">44</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">:</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">67</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">:</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">04</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">:</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000000">13</span></a><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000001">.  Mifepristone and Misoprostol administration for medical abortion.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">For the purpose of inducing a medical abortion, a pregnant woman may only take the medications Mifepristone or Misoprostol up to nine weeks after conception. Mifepristone and Misoprostol must be prescribed and dispensed by a licensed physician in a licensed abortion facility consistent with SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> and in compliance with the applicable requirements in SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">36-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">. </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">A pregnant woman may onl</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">y</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> take Mifepristone at a licensed abortion facility and only after informed consent has been obtained </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">p</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">ursuant to SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">-l0.1 and consistent with SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A</span></a><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">-56.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">Before dispensing Mifepristone. a physician shall provide the notice required by SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">­l0.l(l)(h) and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A</span></a><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">-l0.1(3) ensuring that the pregnant woman has notice that if she changes her mind about the medical ab</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">ortion</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> and decides to carry the baby to term, it is possible to reverse the effects of Mifepristone. After taking Mifepristone and undergoing an observation period in the abortion facilit</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">y,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> the pregnant woman may return home. Between 24-72 hours after taking Mifepristone, if the pregnant woman decides to continue with the medical abortion</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> the pregnant woman must return to the licensed abortion facility to receive the proper amount of Misoprostol. A licensed physician shall dispense the Misoprostol to the pregnant woman in the same manner as required for Mifepristone under this section.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">Neither Mifepristone nor Misoprostol may be dispensed for the purpose of inducing a medical abortion in any manner contrary to this section. The abortion facility staff shall monitor the pregnant woman for complications for a medically necessary period following each administration of the abortion-inducing medications and report the following information to the De</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">p</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">artment of Health:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576ba000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">(1)  Any complication that requires medical follow-up;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    (2)  The medical follow-up that was required resulting from any complication;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    (3)  The facility where the medical follow-up was performed; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    (4)  If the pregnant woman was sex trafficked.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576ba000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    The abortion facility staff shall schedule a follow-up appointment with the pregnant woman to return to the abortion facility on the 14th day after taking the medication to confirm that the fetus, placenta, and membranes have been fully expelled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576ba000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    For the purposes of this section, the term, medical abortion, means a procedure that uses medication to end a pregnancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576ba000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">48</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> SDR </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">75</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">, effective </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">January 27, 2022</span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A-51"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A-51</span></a><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">(7)(10)(11).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">    </span><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A-10.1"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A-10.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">(3), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A-19"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-23A-56"><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0-000002">34-23A-56</span></a><span class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576baP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb832cfeb-f960-4f3e-8f47-4095e0d576ba000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>