<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.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0 { 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.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592af000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } a.s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592af000004 { text-decoration: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:46:02:03"><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000000">20:46:02:03</span></a><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000001">.  Waiver of continuing education requirement.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0"> </span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">The board may waive t</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">he continuing education requirement of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:46:02:02"><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000002">20:46:02:02</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0"> only upon receipt of </span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">an application for a waiver from the licensee on or before June first. The board may grant the waiver:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592af000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">    (1)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">If the licensee has an illness </span><a id="_Hlk177027576" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592af000004"></a><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">that prevented the licensee from completing the continuing education requirement certified by the licensee's attending physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">    (2)  </span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">For the licensee's undue hardship upon good cause shown to the satisfaction of the board</span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592af000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">    </span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0"> 2 SDR 58, effective March 8, 1976; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 24 SDR 33, effective September 22, 1997</span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">; 52 SDR 35, effective October 7, 2025</span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">    </span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-24-47"><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000002">36-24-</span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000002">47</span></a><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">    </span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-24-12.1"><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000002">36-24-12.1</span></a><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">(</span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">4</span><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-24-28.1"><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0-000002">36-24-28.1</span></a><span class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592afP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a9c0a81-2f6f-4275-bf08-e217eaf592af000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>