<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.sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0 { 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.sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000003 { 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="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:17:10"><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000000">67:42:17:10</span></a><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000001">.  Provider qualifications.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0"> </span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">All providers shall be at least eighteen years of age and demonstrate and maintain the ability to provide care that attends to the child's physical growth and development and to the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of the child, as determined by the department</span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">    </span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0"> </span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">49 SDR 124, effective July 3, 2023</span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">    </span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">    </span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">(1)(6)</span><span class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sa629baae-546c-4e2d-a307-adc244dc3d91000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>