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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">    (4)  No disciplinary action is pending before the board against any of the officers, directors, shareholders, or other employees of the corporation who are authorized to practice nursing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0"> 23 SDR 106, effective January 1, 1997</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">; 48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11E-20"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000003">47-11E-20</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11E-1"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000003">47-11E-1</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=47-11F-5"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000003">47-11</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000003">F</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000003">-</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0-000003">5</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="sd65e75f3-9f1d-40e1-b11c-19af30347dc0000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>