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52 SDR 18, effective August 25, 2025</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-29-17"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000003">36-29-17</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-29-17"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000003">36-29-17</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-29-19"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000003">36-29-19</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000001">Reference:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0"> Board of Certification Standards of Professional Practice, 20</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">24, Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">. Copies may be obtained</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0"> at no cost</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0"> from </span><a href="http://www.bocatc.org/resources/standards-of-professional-practice"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0-000005">http://www.bocatc.org/resources/standards-of-professional-practice</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749P0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s5b0db75d-6deb-4503-baf0-a9edb4f03749000004"> </span></p></div></body></html>