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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">    (6)  Paramedic, sixty hours in advanced life support studies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">51 SDR 56, effective November 19, 2024</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4B-35"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0-000003">36-4B-35</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4B-26"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0-000003">36-4B-26</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s86242297-6557-4eae-a187-2c1496636a25000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>