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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">    (6)  </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">Instituting corrective action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3da000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0-000001">Source:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">48 SDR 40, effective October 5, 2021.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">(5)(k).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">    </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0"> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-20G-72"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0-000003">34-20G-72</span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daC0">(5).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3daP0"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" xml:space="preserve" class="s886f400e-24c4-4320-a8fc-154fb9a0b3da000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>