<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-38-5 - Persons to whom chapter does not apply.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal { 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.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-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.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-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; } span.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1e000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSCL-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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-38-5 - Persons to whom chapter does not apply."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-38-5 - Persons to whom chapter does not apply."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-38-5"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-38-5" rel="noopener"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSENU">36-38-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSENU">. </span><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eCL">Persons to whom chapter does not apply.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000000"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Employee of a regionally accredited academic institution while performing teaching, training, or research duties;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Provider who is not a resident of this state, and who has established an office in this state, who provides behavior analyst services in this state for a period which does not exceed an aggregate of more than twenty days during any one year if the provider is authorized under the laws of the state or country of residence to perform these activities and services. If the provider exceeds twenty consecutive days of practice in this state in any calendar year the provider shall report to the board, in writing, the nature and extent of the provider's practice in this state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Qualified physician, surgeon, psychologist, dentist, osteopath, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, registered nurse, attorney, court employee, marriage counselor, family counselor, member of the clergy, mental health counselor, school counselor, rehabilitation counselor, employment counselor, guidance counselor, social worker, or licensed professional counselor doing work within the standards and ethics of the person's respective profession who does not hold himself or herself out to the public by any title incorporating the term behavior analyst;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Matriculated college or university student whose applied behavior analysis activity is part of a defined program of study, course, practicum, internship, or postdoctoral traineeship, if the applied behavior analysis activities under this exemption are directly supervised by a behavior analyst in this state, an instructor in a course sequence approved by the certifying entity, or another qualified faculty member. The individual student may not represent himself or herself as a behavior analyst and shall use a title that clearly indicates the student's training status, such as student, intern, or trainee;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Family member of a recipient of applied behavior analysis services implementing behavior analysis treatment plans with the recipient under the extended authority and direction of a behavior analyst. The family member may not represent himself or herself as a behavior analyst;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Assistant behavior analyst or paraprofessional who delivers applied behavior analysis services under the extended authority and direction of a behavior analyst provided that the services are supervised in accordance with the requirements of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. The assistant behavior analyst or paraprofessional may not represent himself or herself as a behavior analyst, and shall use a title that indicates assistant or paraprofessional status, such as an assistant behavior analyst, ABA technician, behavior technician, tutor, or line therapist. The assistant behavior analyst or paraprofessional shall submit to a criminal background check and fingerprint checks pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Behavior analyst who practices with nonhumans, including an applied animal behaviorist and animal trainer;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Professional who provides general applied behavior analysis services to an organization, so long as the services are for the benefit of the organization and do not involve direct services to any person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(9)    Unlicensed person pursuing experience in applied behavior analysis consistent with the experience requirements of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc., if the experience is supervised in accordance with the requirements of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc. The person may not represent himself or herself as a behavior analyst and shall use a title that clearly indicates the person's training status, such as student, intern, or trainee;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(10)    Person employed by a school board performing the duties of a position for the school. The person may not represent himself or herself as a behavior analyst, unless the person holds a license under this chapter; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(11)    Any person who meets the requirements set out in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17-159" rel="noopener"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">58-17-159</span></a><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eDefaultParagraphFont">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eNormal"><span class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd5707e29eb3a4dffb74d74f9b3441e1eSCL-000003"> SL 2016, ch 199, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>