<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 36-4A-31 - License renewal--Requirements.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092Normal { 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.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092Statute { 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.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; 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.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092SCL { 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 36-4A-31 - License renewal--Requirements."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-4A-31 - License renewal--Requirements."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-4A-31"><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="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-31" rel="noopener"><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092SENU">36-4A-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092SENU">. </span><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092CL">License renewal--Requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092Statute"><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">A physician assistant license issued by the board must be renewed annually on a date set by the board. To renew a license, a physician assistant shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092StatuteNumber1"><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Apply on a form prescribed by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Submit the renewal fee established in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A-34" rel="noopener"><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">36-4A-34</span></a><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092StatuteNumber1"><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Submit evidence satisfactory to the board of the completion, during the preceding twelve months, of at least thirty hours of post-graduate studies approved by the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092Statute"><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont">A physician assistant may document compliance with subdivision (3) by providing proof of current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sd97ab172e32f4637bbd82e41d087a092SCL">SL 1973, ch 250, § 15; SL 1982, ch 273, § 6; SL 1999, ch 192, § 6; SL 2007, ch 207, § 20; SL 2025, ch 149, § 16.</span></p></div></body></html>