<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.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0 { 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.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000004 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:18:12"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000000">67:42:18:12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">.  </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">Screening for substantiated reports of abuse and neglect</span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">The department shall screen a kinship foster parent applicant and the applicant's family members and household members, who are at least eighteen years old, for substantiated incidents of child abuse or neglect. Neither the kinship foster parent applicant nor any household member eighteen years of age or older, other than a kinship child placed in the home, may have a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect on record. A substantiated report of child abuse or neglect includes a report placed into the department's central registry under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:14:39:03"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">67:14:39:03</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">, a report placed on the central registry of another state in the last ten years, and a report that was investigated and substantiated by a tribal program</span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">If the screening locates an individual's name on the department's central registry and the individual has not already been given due process on the substantiation, the department must notify the individual in writing that the individual may request a hearing to refute the accuracy of the information found. The hearing must follow the provisions of SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-8A-11"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-8A-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0"> and chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:14:39"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">67:14:39</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">If the screening locates an individual's name on the central registry of another state, it is the individual's responsibility to contact the other state to access the process for removal of the individual's name from that state's central registry. If the other state has a process and removes the individual's name from its central registry, the individual must request the other state submit documentation to the department verifying the removal of the individual's name from its central registry</span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">If the screening locates a report that was substantiated by a tribal program, it is the individual's responsibility to contact the tribal program to access the process for removal of the individual's name from the record of the report. If the tribal program has a process and removes the individual's name from the record of the report, the individual must request the tribal program to submit documentation to the department verifying the removal of the individual's name from the record</span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0"> </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">51 SDR 127, effective June 1, 2025</span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-11"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-6-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-6-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-23.2"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-6-23.2</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000001">Cross-References:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">Revocation or refusal to issue or renew license or registration for child abuse or violence, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-23.1"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-6-23.1</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">Central registry background checks on employees, SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-23.2"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">26-6-23.2</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">    </span><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">Substantiated reports, §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:14:39:04"><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0-000002">67:14:39:04</span></a><span class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbfbee9b2-da2a-4b49-87e0-60129243bc8a000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>