<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 21-3-11.1 - Legislative findings--Revival of § 21-3-11. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045813Normal { 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.s2045813SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045813CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045813Normal-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.s2045813DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045813DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045813000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045813SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045813SCL-000003 { 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="s2045813Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3-11.1"><span class="s2045813SENU">21-3-11.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045813SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045813CL">Legislative findings--Revival of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3-11"><span class="s2045813CL">21-3-11</span></a><span class="s2045813CL">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045813Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045813DefaultParagraphFont">As a result of the decision of the South Dakota Supreme Court in </span><span class="s2045813DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Knowles vs. United States,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045813DefaultParagraphFont"> 1996 SD 10, 544 NW2d 183 (1996), the Legislature accepts the court's analysis and finds that Chapter 167 of the Session Laws of 1985 is now and has been part of the South Dakota Codified Laws since its effective date, codified as § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3-11"><span class="s2045813DefaultParagraphFont">21-3-11</span></a><span class="s2045813DefaultParagraphFont">. The Legislature finds that amendment of the revived statute is necessary to recognize the evolution of levels of licensure from the time of initial passage of the statute to the present for the practitioners and entities addressed by the original version of the statute.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045813Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045813000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045813Normal"><span class="s2045813SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045813SCL-000003"> SL 1997, ch 123, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>