<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 1-36A-30 - Retaliation against ombudsman program complainant or interference with program as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2031901Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2031901SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031901CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2031901Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2031901DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031901000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031901SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2031901SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2031901Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-36A-30"><span class="s2031901SENU">1-36A-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031901SENU">. </span><span class="s2031901CL">Retaliation against ombudsman program complainant or interference with program as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031901Normal-000000"><span class="s2031901DefaultParagraphFont">No person, facility, or other entity may discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any resident or relative or legally appointed representative, any employee of a nursing facility, assisted living center, or other residential facility or any other person because of making a complaint or providing information in good faith to the ombudsman program. No person, facility, or other entity may willfully interfere with representatives of the ombudsman program in the performance of any official duty. Any person, facility, or other entity that violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031901Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031901000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2031901Normal"><span class="s2031901SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031901SCL-000002"> SL 1990, ch 206, § 2; SL 1991, ch 272, § 2; SL 2004, ch 167, § 35; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=28-1-45.7"><span class="s2031901SCL-000002">28-1-45.7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2031901SCL-000002">; SL 2017, ch 230 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=17-1"><span class="s2031901SCL-000002">17-1</span></a><span class="s2031901SCL-000002">), § 30, eff. Apr. 13, 2017.</span></p></div></body></html>