<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.s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0 { 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.s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7000003 { 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="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:03:14"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000000">20:48:03:14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">.  </span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">Name change requirements</span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0"> If</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0"> an applicant or licensee has a change of name, the applicant or licensee must, within sixty days, submit to the board an application and a certified copy of the legal instrument or other written evidence that authenticates the name change. The board shall, upon receipt of the application, legal instrument or other evidence, and, if a licensed nurse, payment of the fee required in subdivisions </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:06:01"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">20:48:06:01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">(9) and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:48:06:01"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">20:48:06:01</span></a><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">(11), add the name to the applicant's licensure application or change the name on a nurse's license</span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">    </span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 3 SDR 35, effective November 11, 1976; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986</span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">; 51 SDR 16, effective August 18, 2024</span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">    </span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-21"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">36-9-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-86"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">36-9-86</span></a><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">    </span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-29"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">36-9-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-35"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">36-9-35</span></a><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">(9)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-43"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">36-9-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">(8), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-91"><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000002">36-9-91</span></a><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">(9)</span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0">    </span><span class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0-000001">Cross-Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7C0"> Court proceedings not required for nonfraudulent change to new, consistently used name, Attorney General's Opinion No. 77-31.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s72b598ef-2e62-4ac2-9a15-be70582efce7000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>