<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 36-4-8.1 - Corporation prohibited from practice of medicine or osteopathy. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059279Normal { 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.s2059279SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059279CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059279Normal-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.s2059279DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059279Normal-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.s2059279000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059279SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059279SCL-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="s2059279Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-4-8.1"><span class="s2059279SENU">36-4-8.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059279SENU">. </span><span class="s2059279CL">Corporation prohibited from practice of medicine or osteopathy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059279Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=47-11"><span class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">47-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">, it is the public policy of this state that a corporation may not practice medicine or osteopathy. A corporation is not engaged in the practice of medicine or osteopathy and is not in violation of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-4-8"><span class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">36-4-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont"> by entering into an employment agreement with a physician licensed pursuant to this chapter if the agreement or the relationship it creates does not:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059279Normal-000001"><span class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    In any manner, directly or indirectly, supplant, diminish or regulate the physician's independent judgment concerning the practice of medicine or the diagnosis and treatment of any patient;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059279Normal-000001"><span class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Result in profit to the corporation from the practice of medicine itself, such as by the corporation charging a greater fee for the physician's services than that which he would otherwise reasonably charge as an independent practitioner, except that the corporation may make additional charges reasonably associated with the services rendered, such as facility, equipment or administrative charges; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059279Normal-000001"><span class="s2059279DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Remain effective for a period of more than three years, after which it may be renewed by both parties annually.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059279Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059279000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059279Normal"><span class="s2059279SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059279SCL-000003"> SL 1993, ch 271, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>