<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 27A-11A-1 - Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2051148Normal { 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.s2051148SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051148CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051148Normal-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.s2051148DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051148000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051148SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051148SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2051148Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1"><span class="s2051148SENU">27A-11A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051148SENU">. </span><span class="s2051148CL">Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051148Normal-000000"><span class="s2051148DefaultParagraphFont">The chairman or acting chairman of the board of mental illness shall sign and issue all notices, appointments, warrants, subpoenas, or other process required to be given or issued by the board, shall be responsible to conduct all meetings and hearings by the board and shall make all evidentiary rulings. The notices, reports, and communications herein required to be given or made may be sent by mail unless otherwise expressed or implied, and the fact and date of such sending or reception shall be noted on the proper record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051148Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051148000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051148Normal"><span class="s2051148SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051148SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 30.0105; SDCL, § 27-6-6; SL 1975, ch 181, § 78; SL 1991, ch 220, § 136; SDCL, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-7-5"><span class="s2051148SCL-000002">27A-7-5</span></a><span class="s2051148SCL-000002">.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 27A-11A-1 - Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2051149000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051149SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051149SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.1"><span class="s2051149SENU">27A-11A-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051149SENU">. </span><span class="s2051149CL">Petitions, applications, and documents made under oath or affirmation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-10-1"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">27A-10-1</span></a><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">, petitions, applications, or documents made within this state in connection with proceedings under Title 27A are deemed to be made under oath or affirmation or verified by affidavit without notarization if the person signing the document attests, at the end of the document, in substantially the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000001"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">"I swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of South Dakota that the foregoing is true and correct.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000001"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">Executed on__________(date) in the county of__________(county name)</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000001"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">in the State of South Dakota</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000001"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">____________________(signature)</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000001"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">____________________(signer's address and telephone number)."</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal-000001"><span class="s2051149DefaultParagraphFont">A document that is sworn to or affirmed under this section without notarization shall include a telephone number and address so that the signer can be contacted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051149000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051149Normal"><span class="s2051149SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051149SCL-000003"> SL 2012, ch 149, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 27A-11A-1 - Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2051150Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2051150SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051150CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051150Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2051150DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051150Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051150Normal-000001"><span class="s2051150DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    With the person's physical signature, if the document is optically scanned into the entity's records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051150Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051150000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051150Normal"><span class="s2051150SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051150SCL-000004"> SL 2012, ch 149, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 27A-11A-1 - Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2051151Normal { 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.s2051151SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051151CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051151Normal-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.s2051151DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051151000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051151SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051151SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2051151Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.3"><span class="s2051151SENU">27A-11A-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051151SENU">. </span><span class="s2051151CL">Assurance of authenticity of electronic signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051151Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051151DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.2"><span class="s2051151DefaultParagraphFont">27A-11A-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051151DefaultParagraphFont">, the board may determine that an entity's electronic signature system does not provide sufficient assurance of authenticity of signed documents or that an electronic signature system different from that described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.2"><span class="s2051151DefaultParagraphFont">27A-11A-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051151DefaultParagraphFont"> provides sufficient assurance of authenticity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051151Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051151000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051151Normal"><span class="s2051151SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051151SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 149, § 29.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 27A-11A-1 - Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051152SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2051152Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.4"><span class="s2051152SENU">27A-11A-1.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051152SENU">. </span><span class="s2051152CL">Electronically transmitted facsimile.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051152Normal-000000"><span class="s2051152DefaultParagraphFont">An electronically transmitted facsimile of a document pursuant to this chapter may be filed with the board and received into evidence in the same manner and with the same effect as the original document.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051152Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051152000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051152Normal"><span class="s2051152SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051152SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 149, § 30.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 27A-11A-1 - Process issued by board--Conduct of meetings--Evidentiary rulings--Notice by mail. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2051153Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2051153SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051153CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051153Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2051153DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2051153Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2051153Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2051153000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051153SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2051153SCL-000004 { 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="s2051153Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.5"><span class="s2051153SENU">27A-11A-1.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051153SENU">. </span><span class="s2051153CL">Statutes, rules, standards, and practices for accepting documents for filing or admission as evidence not altered--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.1"><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">27A-11A-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=27A-11A-1.4"><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">27A-11A-1.4</span></a><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, alters any statute, rule, standard, or practice for accepting documents for filing or admitting documents as evidence, except with respect to:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal-000001"><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The manner of making written statements under oath or affirmation or by verified affidavit;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal-000001"><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The acceptability of electronically transmitted facsimile copies; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal-000001"><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The acceptability of electronic signatures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal-000002"><span class="s2051153DefaultParagraphFont">Subsections (1) and (2) of this section address only the acceptability of documents obtained from an entity's electronic records system and does not determine whether the board is required or permitted to accept electronic filing of documents.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051153000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2051153Normal"><span class="s2051153SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2051153SCL-000004"> SL 2012, ch 149, § 31.</span></p></div></body></html>