<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.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0 { 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.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000004 { color: black; background: #FFFFFF; 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="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:90:02:08"><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">44</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">:</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">90</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">:</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">02</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">:</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000000">08</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000001">Requirements for designated caregivers designated to cultivate cannabis.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0"> </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">Only one person may cultivate cannabis on behalf of a patient, except that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    (1)  </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">A qualifying patient may share the designation with a designated caregiver who resides in the same dwelling; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    (2)  </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">Two parents or legal guardians of an age-restricted cardholder who reside in the same dwelling may share the designation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">The entirety of a patient</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">'</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">s cannabis must be cultivated in a single enclosed, locked facility. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">Two or more designated caregivers may not form a collective. Two or more designated caregivers may not cultivate cannabis in a single-unit building or in a unit of a multi-unit building, unless expressly permitted by SDCL chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G"><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000003">34-20G</span></a><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">For purposes of this section, "collective" means two or more cardholders who physically assist each other in the act of cultivating or processing cannabis for medical use, except that the sharing of </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000004">an enclosed, locked facility for cultivation by two or more cardholders in their own dwelling is not a collective</span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000004">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0"> </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021; 49 SDR 9, effective August 8, 2022; 52 SDR 10, effective August 4, 2025.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">(4).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">    </span><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-1"><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000003">34-20G-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">(13), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-29"><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0-000003">34-20G-29</span></a><span class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s49b8297b-c56d-4bf0-87a9-67da891ce750000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>