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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="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1Normal"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1HG4C">OPTOMETRISTS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Optometry--Scope of practice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Definition--Board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Expanded scope of practice--Prerequisites.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.5" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Expanded scope of practice--Competency demonstration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-2</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">.1. Repealed by SL 1985, ch 299, §§ 4, 5.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-3.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Board continued within Department of Health.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-7</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1985, ch 299, § 7.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-9</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1985, ch 299, § 9.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Practice of optometry without license--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Requirements for licensure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Pharmacology studies and clinical experience to be completed--Passing grade on pharmacology portion of national board examination to be attained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-12.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Criminal background check of new applicants and licensees under disciplinary investigation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Licensure through endorsement from another United States jurisdiction--Fee--Promulgation of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-14     Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Powers of the board--Promulgation of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-15.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-15.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-15.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-16</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1986, ch 306, § 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Practice as individual or partner required--Exception for authorized corporate practice--Violation--Optometrist not precluded from serving as officer or director of health maintenance organization.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-17.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-17.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Certain healing arts practitioners to participate in alternate health care delivery systems.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Display of license in office--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Annual renewal of license--Revocation on default--Restoration of license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Remission of annual fee while in military service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-22</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1992, ch 158, § 79.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-23</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Omitted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Disciplinary action--Grounds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-25.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Prohibited acts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Appeal from Board of Examiners.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Reinstatement of license after revocation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Injunction to prevent violation of chapter--Election of remedies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Entry and inspection by board--Purpose--Drug records and inventories.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-31" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-32" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-32</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-32" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-32</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1994, ch 296, § 8.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-33</span></a><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 2003, ch 201, § 2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-34" rel="noopener"><span class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s535fb70f5dfb48e7a2587a472ba6c0f1DefaultParagraphFont">    Sale of contact lenses without prescription prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7Normal { 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.s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } 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Optometry--Scope of practice."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-1 - Optometry--Scope of practice."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-7-1"><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="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7SENU">36-7-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7SENU">. </span><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7CL">Optometry--Scope of practice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">The practice of optometry is declared to be a profession and is defined as:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The examination of the human eye and its appendages;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The employment of any means for the measurement of the powers of visions, or any visual, muscular, neurological, interpretative, or anatomical anomaly of the visual process;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The prescribing or employment of lenses, prisms, frames, mountings, and visual training procedures;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The prescribing or administration, except by injection unless otherwise permitted by this chapter, of any pharmaceutical agent rational to the diagnosis and treatment of the human eye and its appendages;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The employment of any means or method for the correction, remedy, or relief of any insufficiency or abnormal condition of the visual process of the human eye and its appendages, provided the term "any means or method" does not include surgeries, unless otherwise permitted by this chapter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    The removal of a superficial foreign body from the eye;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    The prescribing of contact lenses, except by a physician licensed under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">36-4</span></a><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    The use of intense pulsed light for the treatment of dry eye disease; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    Subject to the requirements set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.4</span></a><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber2"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The intradermal injection of a paralytic agent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber2"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The intralesional injection of a steroid to treat a chalazion;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber2"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    The use of a local anesthetic in conjunction with the primary removal of a pedunculated skin tag;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber2"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    The performance of a selective laser trabeculoplasty; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7StatuteNumber2"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    The performance of a posterior capsulotomy using an yttrium aluminum garnet laser.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">Any procedure referenced in this section, when performed by a licensed optometrist, in accordance with this chapter, does not constitute the practice of medicine, for purposes of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">36-4</span></a><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s02975ae17e124e7c981fde9c076d09e7SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0701; SL 1941, ch 125, § 1; SL 1951, ch 131, § 1; SL 1976, ch 232; SL 1979, ch 253, § 1; SL 1986, ch 306, § 7; SL 1991, ch 303, § 1; SL 1994, ch 296, § 1; SL 2003, ch 201, § 1; SL 2024, ch 155, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; 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content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-1.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-1.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-7-1.1"><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="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6SENU">36-7-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6SENU">. </span><span class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s2113d41ed15a40dc8af10d8c8372e1e6SCL">SL 1986, ch 306, § 8; SL 1991, ch 303, § 2; SL 1994, ch 296, § 2; SL 2024, ch 155, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242Normal { 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.sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-7-1.2"><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="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242SENU">36-7-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242SENU">. </span><span class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sc01ef031de1241ce9e5fc59fec49d242SCL">SL 2003, ch 201, § 3; SL 2024, ch 155, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1Normal { 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.sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1Statute { text-indent: 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'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD - Definition--Board."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law - Definition--Board."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute="><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="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.3" rel="noopener"><span class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1SENU">36-7-1.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1SENU">. </span><span class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1CL">Definition--Board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1Statute"><span class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1DefaultParagraphFont">As used in this chapter, the term, board, means the South Dakota Board of Examiners in Optometry.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sc61d59895c5247579031e976260a90d1SCL">SL 2022, ch 147, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open 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'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-1.4 - Expanded scope of practice--Prerequisites."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-1.4 - Expanded scope of practice--Prerequisites."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-7-1.4"><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="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72SENU">36-7-1.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72SENU">. </span><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72CL">Expanded scope of practice--Prerequisites.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">Before an optometrist may perform any one or more of the procedures set forth in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1</span></a><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(9), the optometrist must provide to the board, at the time and in the manner directed by the board, verifiable evidence that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber1"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The optometrist:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber2"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Received a passing score on the laser examination and on the surgical procedures examination, offered by the National Board of Examiners in Optometry; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber2"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Graduated, prior to July 1, 2024, from an optometric school or college approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education or from an optometric school or college approved by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber1"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The optometrist satisfactorily completed a course that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber2"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Is at least thirty-two hours in duration;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber2"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Is approved by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Includes content related to each procedure set forth in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1</span></a><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(9); and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    Is proctored by an ophthalmologist or is proctored by an optometrist who is authorized to perform all of the procedures set forth in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1</span></a><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(9) by the optometric licensing board of a state in which a qualified optometrist may perform all of the procedures; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The optometrist has demonstrated competency in accordance with the performance criteria set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1.5" rel="noopener"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1.5</span></a><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">The board shall review the evidence required by this section and upon verification of an optometrist's compliance with the requirements, authorize the optometrist to perform one or more of the procedures set forth in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1</span></a><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont">(9). The board shall develop and implement a system for documenting any actions under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s14d7d733087449ee8e38f8a229f24b72SCL">SL 2024, ch 155, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6eb1e8e195da4e18a701af00d9d0866eNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; 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The notification must occur at the time and in the manner determined by the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb1e8e195da4e18a701af00d9d0866eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb1e8e195da4e18a701af00d9d0866e000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6eb1e8e195da4e18a701af00d9d0866eNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6eb1e8e195da4e18a701af00d9d0866eDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s6eb1e8e195da4e18a701af00d9d0866eSCL">SL 2024, ch 155, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-2 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-2 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-2, 36-7-2.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1985, ch 299, &#167;&#167;&nbsp;4, 5.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475Normal { 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.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475Statute { 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.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475NoIndent { 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.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-3 - Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-3 - Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3"><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="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475SENU">36-7-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475SENU">. </span><span class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475CL">Composition of Board of Examiners--Qualifications of members--Terms of office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475Statute"><span class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475DefaultParagraphFont">The Governor shall appoint five members to the board. Four members must be optometrists in active practice in this state for at least five years preceding the appointment. One member must be a representative of the public who is a resident of this state and who is not associated with, or financially interested in, the practice or business of optometry. The term of each member is three years commencing on July first. The Governor shall, by appointment, fill any vacancy. No member may serve more than three consecutive, full terms. The appointment of a person to an unexpired term is not considered a full term.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s7b0dec8bb67b4e4aa83b8833e88fd475SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0702; revised pursuant to SL 1973, ch 2, § 58; SL 1986, ch 306, § 13; SL 1989, ch 323; SL 1994, ch 296, § 3; SL 2005, ch 199, § 18; SL 2022, ch 147, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bNormal { 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.sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489b000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-3.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-3.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3.1"><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="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bSENU">36-7-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bSENU">. </span><span class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489b000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sbab14e8b6aa747d3a800f20fe975489bSCL">SL 1973, ch 2, § 58; SL 1977, ch 292, § 1; SL 2022, ch 147, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dNormal { 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.s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-3.2 - Board continued within Department of Health."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-3.2 - Board continued within Department of Health."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3.2"><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="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-3.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dSENU">36-7-3.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dSENU">. </span><span class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dCL">Board continued within Department of Health.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dStatute"><span class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dDefaultParagraphFont">The board shall continue within the Department of Health.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32d000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s75dec48395b94aae815c9f547ecda32dSCL">SL 1973, ch 2, § 56 (q); SL 2003, ch 272, § 41; SL 2022, ch 147, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebNormal { 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.s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4eb000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-4 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-4 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-4"><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="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebSENU">36-7-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebSENU">. </span><span class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4eb000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s7fa9cef7d5714df6ac1aa7345e76c4ebSCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0712; SL 2022, ch 147, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3Normal { 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.sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-5 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-5 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-5"><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="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-5" rel="noopener"><span class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3SENU">36-7-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3SENU">. </span><span class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3DefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sb060a1e40cf340be99e0fa33c38742c3SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0703; SL 1951, ch 131, § 2; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 19.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72Normal { 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.sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-6 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-6 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-6"><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="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-6" rel="noopener"><span class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72SENU">36-7-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72SENU">. </span><span class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72DefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sb6a400fbb21143a6b1561a12ae558b72SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0711; SL 1985, ch 299, § 6; SL 2022, ch 147, § 20.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-7 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-7 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-7"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-7. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1985, ch 299, &#167;&nbsp;7.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaNormal { 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.sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1ea000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-8 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-8 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-8"><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="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-8" rel="noopener"><span class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaSENU">36-7-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaSENU">. </span><span class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1ea000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sbf097856759e4d498add934f15bab1eaSCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0709; SL 1947, ch 122, § 3; SL 1951, ch 131, § 5; SL 1967, ch 99; SL 1985, ch 299, § 8; SL 2022, ch 147, § 21.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-9 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-9 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-9"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-9. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1985, ch 299, &#167;&nbsp;9.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912Normal { 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.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912Statute { 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.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912NoIndent { 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.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-10 - Practice of optometry without license--Violation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-10 - Practice of optometry without license--Violation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-10"><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="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912SENU">36-7-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912SENU">. </span><span class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912CL">Practice of optometry without license--Violation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912Statute"><span class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912DefaultParagraphFont">It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person who is not the holder of a certificate of registration or exemption, issued and recorded as provided in this chapter, to practice or offer to practice optometry within the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s013f464f98724fa5be7dc001d61a3912SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0708; SL 1977, ch 190, § 153; SL 2022, ch 147, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdNormal { 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.s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-11 - Requirements for licensure."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-11 - Requirements for licensure."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-11"><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="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdSENU">36-7-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdSENU">. </span><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdCL">Requirements for licensure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatute"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">The board may issue a license to an applicant that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Submits an application on a form prescribed by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Pays the application fee set by rules promulgated by the board pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">, not to exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Is eighteen years or older, and a citizen of the United States or a resident of South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Is of good moral character;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Is a graduate of an optometric school or college approved by the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education or the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Has passed all required sections of a national board examination approved by the board; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdStatuteNumber1"><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Has committed no act for which disciplinary action may be justified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fd000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3749b7be45284871b85bd86f4be972fdSCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0704; SL 1941, ch 125, § 2; SL 1947, ch 122, § 1; SL 1983, ch 270, § 1; SL 2020, ch 168, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0Normal { 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.sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-12 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-12 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12"><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="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12" rel="noopener"><span class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0SENU">36-7-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0SENU">. </span><span class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0DefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sc4d9f158ef484ae586d320e1ccbdf4c0SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0704 (5); SL 1941, ch 125, § 2; SL 1947, ch 122, § 1; SL 1977, ch 292, § 2; SL 1985, ch 299, § 1; SL 1986, ch 302, § 67; SL 2008, ch 191, § 14; SL 2022, ch 147, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaNormal { 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.s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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padding: 0; } span.s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-12.1 - Pharmacology studies and clinical experience to be completed--Passing grade on pharmacology portion of national board examination to be attained."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-12.1 - Pharmacology studies and clinical experience to be completed--Passing grade on pharmacology portion of national board examination to be attained."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12.1"><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="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaSENU">36-7-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaSENU">. </span><span class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaCL">Pharmacology studies and clinical experience to be completed--Passing grade on pharmacology portion of national board examination to be attained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaStatute"><span class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaDefaultParagraphFont">Any applicant for licensure as an optometrist after July 1, 1986, shall satisfactorily complete all pharmacology studies and clinical experience required by this chapter and the board, and attain a passing grade on the pharmacology portion of a national board examination approved by the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5ea000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s3936d10101304bfeaea487f28577f5eaSCL">SL 1986, ch 306, § 12; SL 2022, ch 147, § 6.</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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059602Normal { 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.s2059602SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059602CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059602Normal-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.s2059602DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059602000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059602SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059602SCL-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="s2059602Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-7-12.2"><span class="s2059602SENU">36-7-12.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059602SENU">. </span><span class="s2059602CL">Criminal background check of new applicants and licensees under disciplinary investigation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059602Normal-000000"><span class="s2059602DefaultParagraphFont">Each new applicant for licensure as an optometrist, in this state shall submit to a state and federal criminal background investigation by means of fingerprint checks by the Division of Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon application, the Board of Examiners of Optometry shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Division of Criminal Investigation. Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Division of Criminal Investigation shall forward to the board all information obtained as a result of the criminal background check. This information shall be obtained before permanent licensure of the applicant. The board may require a state and federal criminal background check for any licensee who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation by the board. Failure to submit to or cooperate with the criminal background investigation is grounds for denial of an application or may result in revocation of a license. The applicant shall pay for any fees charged for the cost of fingerprinting or the criminal background investigation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059602Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059602000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059602Normal"><span class="s2059602SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059602SCL-000002"> SL 2009, ch 179, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4Normal { 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.s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4NoIndent { 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.s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-13 - Licensure through endorsement from another United States jurisdiction--Fee--Promulgation of rules."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-13 - Licensure through endorsement from another United States jurisdiction--Fee--Promulgation of rules."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-13"><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="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4SENU">36-7-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4SENU">. </span><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4CL">Licensure through endorsement from another United States jurisdiction--Fee--Promulgation of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4Statute"><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">The board may issue a license to practice as an optometrist by endorsement to a person who has been licensed as an optometrist under the laws of another state or territory under United States jurisdiction if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The person submits an application and pays the required fee set by rules promulgated by the board pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">, not to exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In the opinion of the board, the applicant meets the qualifications required of an optometrist in this state at the time of the applicant's original licensure; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The applicant has engaged in the practice of optometry for at least five consecutive years immediately preceding application under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4Statute"><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont">The board may require additional education, testing, or training before granting licensure if competency of any applicant is in question. Any applicant who has been denied a license by the board must reapply and meet all initial licensure requirements before the board may grant licensure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s44dd4f41a652467b9866bea60ecf40a4SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0704 (6); SL 1941, ch 125, § 2; SL 1951, ch 131, § 3; SL 1986, ch 306, § 2; SL 2006, ch 196, § 1; SL 2008, ch 191, § 15; SL 2022, ch 147, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457Normal { 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.s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-14 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-14 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-14"><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="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457SENU">36-7-14</span></a><span class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457SENU">. Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s9655751e88714f27a52058752b635457SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0705; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 3; SL 2022, ch 147, § 23.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aNormal { 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; 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margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99a000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aNoIndent { 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.s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-15 - Powers of the board--Promulgation of rules."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-15 - Powers of the board--Promulgation of rules."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15"><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="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aSENU">36-7-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aSENU">. </span><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aCL">Powers of the board--Promulgation of rules.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatute"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">The board may:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Promote the safe and qualified practice of optometry;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont"> to govern standards for the safe and qualified practice of optometry, to adopt a code of ethics or professional conduct, and to establish criteria for advertising by optometrists;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Prepare an annual budget;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Expend funds for administrative, legal, consultative, and other necessary services from fees received by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Examine, license, endorse, and renew the licenses of qualified applicants;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Define what constitutes a recognized optometric school;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Establish the minimum amount and type of continuing education to be required of each optometrist seeking renewal of a license; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Administer oaths and take testimony pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26-19.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">1-26-19.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26-19.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">1-26-19.2</span></a><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99a000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s45127e77ca73453fac9568a3467fe99aSCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0703; SL 1951, ch 131, § 2; SL 1973, ch 243, § 1; SL 1979, ch 252, § 1; SL 2022, ch 147, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6Normal { 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.scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-15.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-15.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.1"><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="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.1" rel="noopener"><span class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6SENU">36-7-15.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6SENU">. </span><span class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6DefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="scb15bc67c6f7470a945f0a3d39eb6dd6SCL">SL 1979, ch 253, § 2; SL 1986, ch 306, § 9; SL 1994, ch 296, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211Normal { 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.s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-15.2 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-15.2 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.2"><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="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-15.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211SENU">36-7-15.2</span></a><span class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211SENU">. Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s8d2e53ed4adf446ba7bdcba2ff7bb211SCL">SL 1979, ch 253, §§ 3, 5; SL 1985, ch 299, § 2; SL 1994, ch 296, § 5; SL 2008, ch 191, § 16; SL 2013, ch 173, § 1; SL 2022, ch 147, § 25.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb1a7d733ff2a4ea29bd4ceca1c6a5988Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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SL 1994, ch 296, § 6; SL 2013, ch 173, § 2; SL 2022, ch 147, § 26.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-16 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-16 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-16"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-16. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1986, ch 306, &#167;&nbsp;1.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this section precludes a licensed optometrist from serving as a shareholder, officer, or director of a corporation established under the terms of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-41" rel="noopener"><span class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743DefaultParagraphFont">58-41</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743DefaultParagraphFont"> as a health maintenance organization, a preferred provider organization, individual practices association, or other form of entity whatever established for group health care purposes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s60ca10f5e231408aa444fcb4b3346743SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0704 (7); SL 1941, ch 125, § 2; SL 1972, ch. 249, § 24; SL 1987, ch 269, § 1; SL 1992, ch 158, § 77; SL 1993, ch 344, § 39J; SL 2022, ch 147, § 9.</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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059611Normal { 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.s2059611SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059611CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059611Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; 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A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24ed887a83b04c12908d3b1cbd1d1aa6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24ed887a83b04c12908d3b1cbd1d1aa6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s24ed887a83b04c12908d3b1cbd1d1aa6NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s24ed887a83b04c12908d3b1cbd1d1aa6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s24ed887a83b04c12908d3b1cbd1d1aa6SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0706; SL 1947, ch 122, § 2; SL 1992, ch 158, § 78; SL 2013, ch 173, § 3; SL 2022, ch 147, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbNormal { 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.s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bb000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-19 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-19 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-19"><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="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbSENU">36-7-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbSENU">. </span><span class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bb000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s4971d28b12bc4b1e8dd36207e07c99bbSCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0703 (3) as added by SL 1951, ch 131, § 2; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998Normal { 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.s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-20 - Annual renewal of license--Revocation on default--Restoration of license."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-20 - Annual renewal of license--Revocation on default--Restoration of license."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20"><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="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998SENU">36-7-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998SENU">. </span><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998CL">Annual renewal of license--Revocation on default--Restoration of license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">Each optometrist licensed pursuant to this chapter shall apply, on a form approved by the board, for a renewal of the license. The renewal must be issued by the board upon payment of a fee set by the board by rule promulgated pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">, not to exceed three hundred dollars, and upon verification that the optometrist has met the requirements for continuing education as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20.2</span></a><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">. The renewal must be in the form of a receipt acknowledging payment of the required fee and signed by the secretary of the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">Failure to renew the license on or before October first of each year constitutes a forfeiture of the optometrist's license. The license may be renewed at the discretion of the board upon application and payment of the fee required by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">, and a late fee set by the board by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont">, not to exceed one hundred dollars for each month the renewal is late.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2613f26ec80f4781a767fb92d6c83998SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0709; SL 1947, ch 122, § 3; SL 1951, ch 131, § 5; SL 1967, ch 99; SL 1973, ch 243, § 3; SL 1979, ch 252, § 2; SL 1985, ch 299, § 3; SL 1986, ch 302, § 68; SL 2022, ch 147, § 11.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dNormal { 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.scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742d000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-20.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-20.1 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.1"><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="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.1" rel="noopener"><span class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dSENU">36-7-20.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dSENU">. </span><span class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742d000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="scbfe1a0c5e9d4a0b9faf026da159742dSCL">SL 1973, ch 243, § 2; SL 1979, ch 252, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4Normal { 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.sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-20.2 - Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-20.2 - Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.2"><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="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.2" rel="noopener"><span class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4SENU">36-7-20.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4SENU">. </span><span class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4CL">Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4DefaultParagraphFont">The board shall establish requirements for continuing education by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4DefaultParagraphFont">. Any continuing education course must be certified by the Council of Optometric Practitioner Education or approved by the board. Attendance at any course must be submitted by each optometrist when renewing a license pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20" rel="noopener"><span class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4DefaultParagraphFont">36-7-20</span></a><span class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4DefaultParagraphFont">. The board may waive any or all of this requirement in case of certified illness or undue hardship.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sdea0f3fa9dfe4e89afed5d99ed6a92b4SCL">SL 1973, ch 243, § 2; SL 1979, ch 252, § 5; SL 2022, ch 147, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8Normal { 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.s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-20.3 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-20.3 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.3"><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="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8SENU">36-7-20.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8SENU">. </span><span class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8DefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s6e8c73ac6e3c42dda2f0d841205c9bc8SCL">SL 1973, ch 243, § 2; SL 1985, ch 299, § 10; SL 2022, ch 147, § 29.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0Normal { 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.s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-20.4 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-20.4 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.4"><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="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-20.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0SENU">36-7-20.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0SENU">. </span><span class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0DefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s4d5b32b24c414727a57dd30feee04fb0SCL">SL 1979, ch 252, § 3; SL 2022, ch 147, § 30.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598Normal { 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.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598Statute { 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.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598NoIndent { 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.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-21 - Remission of annual fee while in military service."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-21 - Remission of annual fee while in military service."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-21"><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="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598SENU">36-7-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598SENU">. </span><span class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598CL">Remission of annual fee while in military service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598Statute"><span class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598DefaultParagraphFont">The board may remit the license fee of any optometrist on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598Statute"><span class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of this section, the term, active duty in the armed forces, means full-time duty in the active military services and reserve components of the United States, including the National Guard and Reserve, while serving under published orders for active duty or full-time training.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s6a0daedcab3b4fd1a3d64aa75bc95598SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0709 as added by SL 1951, ch 131, § 5; SL 1967, ch 99; SL 2022, ch 147, § 13.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-22 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-22 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-22"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-22. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1992, ch 158, &#167;&nbsp;79.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' 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content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-24 - Disciplinary action--Grounds."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-24 - Disciplinary action--Grounds."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-7-24"><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="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bSENU">36-7-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bSENU">. </span><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bCL">Disciplinary action--Grounds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">The board may, in compliance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">, impose disciplinary sanctions on an optometrist for:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Conviction of a felony;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, a license by fraudulent misrepresentation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Malpractice;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Continued practice when knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease, or after sustaining a physical or mental disability that renders further practice potentially harmful or dangerous;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Use of alcohol or other substances that renders the optometrist unfit to practice with reasonable skill and safety;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Engaging in any procedure set forth in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">36-7-1</span></a><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(9), prior to meeting the requirements of this chapter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Unprofessional conduct, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">36-7-25</span></a><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Failure to submit to or cooperate with a criminal background check requested by the board under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-12.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">36-7-12.2</span></a><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62b000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s519dd08f6e0242929c5e04622583f62bSCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, § 4; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4; SL 2005, ch 199, § 19; SL 2009, ch 179, § 2; SL 2013, ch 173, § 4; SL 2022, ch 147, § 14; SL 2024, ch 155, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-25 - Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-25 - Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25"><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="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04SENU">36-7-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04SENU">. </span><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04CL">Unprofessional conduct defined--No basis for criminal prosecution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04Statute"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">The term, unprofessional conduct, as used in this chapter, means:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Any conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The loaning of a license by any licensed optometrist or any person or corporation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Violating any provision of this chapter or any rule promulgated by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Splitting or dividing a fee or compensation with any person or corporation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The obtaining of any fee or compensation by fraud or misrepresentation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Employing, either directly or indirectly, any suspended or unlicensed optometrist to perform any work covered by this chapter;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    The advertising of optometric practice, treatment, advice, or costs in which untruthful, improbable, misleading, or impossible statements are made;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Failure to maintain adequate safety and sanitary conditions, or meet the requirements of an optometric clinic in accordance with the standards set forth in this chapter and any rule promulgated by the board in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=1-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    Inappropriate prescribing to any person in quantities and under circumstances apparent to the board that the prescription was not made for legitimate medicinal purposes related to the practice optometry, or prescribing in a manner or in amounts that, in the opinion of the board, endanger the wellbeing of a patient or the public in general;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    The failure to refer a patient to a physician licensed pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">36-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont"> if examination of the eye indicates a substantial likelihood of pathology that requires the attention of a physician;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    Any conviction of a criminal offense related to the practice of optometry;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    Consistently misdiagnosing or consistently prescribing improper therapy;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    Failing to hold in professional confidence all information concerning a patient;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    Failing to comply with state and federal laws on keeping records regarding possessing and dispensing controlled substances or habit-forming drugs;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    Falsifying the records of a patient;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    Exercising influence within the optometrist-patient relationship for the purpose of engaging a patient in sexual activity. For purposes of this subdivision, the patient is presumed incapable of giving free, full, and informed consent to sexual activity with the optometrist;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    Engaging in sexual harassment;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    Any practice or conduct that tends to constitute a danger to the health, welfare, or safety of patients or the public, or engaging in conduct that is unbecoming of an optometrist;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    Discipline by the licensing board of another state or territory under United States jurisdiction if the violation is also a violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated by the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    Not reporting discipline by a licensing board of another state or territory under United States jurisdiction to the board; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    Not reporting a conviction of a criminal offense arising out of the practice of optometry to the board.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04Statute"><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont">Unprofessional conduct, as defined in this section, may not be the basis for criminal prosecution unless otherwise declared unlawful.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2ee71fc1e36d4af2b12e8f66819d9b04SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, § 4; SL 1979, ch 253, § 6; SL 1983, ch 270, § 2; SL 2013, ch 173, § 5; SL 2022, ch 147, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bNormal { 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.se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-25.1 - Prohibited acts."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-25.1 - Prohibited acts."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-7-25.1"><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="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-25.1" rel="noopener"><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bSENU">36-7-25.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bSENU">. </span><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bCL">Prohibited acts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bStatute"><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bDefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in this chapter may be construed to allow the performance, by an optometrist, of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bStatuteNumber1"><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Intraocular injections;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bStatuteNumber1"><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Intraocular surgery; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bStatuteNumber1"><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Refractive surgery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98b000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se4688dd306424096866a9325294fe98bSCL">SL 2024, ch 155, § 5.</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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059624Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2059624Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-7-26"><span class="s2059624SENU">36-7-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059624SENU">. </span><span class="s2059624CL">Appeal from Board of Examiners.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059624Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059624DefaultParagraphFont">An appeal from the decision of the Board of Examiners may be taken as provided by chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2059624DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2059624DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059624Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059624000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059624Normal"><span class="s2059624SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059624SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, § 4; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4Normal { 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.se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-27 - Reinstatement of license after revocation."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-27 - Reinstatement of license after revocation."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-27"><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="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-27" rel="noopener"><span class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4SENU">36-7-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4SENU">. </span><span class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4CL">Reinstatement of license after revocation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4Statute"><span class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4DefaultParagraphFont">After one year, and upon application and proof that the disqualification has ceased, the board may reinstate a person whose license has been revoked, if no other basis for denial of the license exists.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se6d698daf5884c92ae35dc774e5e8ea4SCL">SDC 1939, § 27.0707; SL 1951, ch 131, § 4; SL 2013, ch 173, § 6; SL 2022, ch 147, § 16.</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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059626Normal { 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.s2059626SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059626CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059626Normal-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.s2059626DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059626000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059626SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059626SCL-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="s2059626Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-7-28"><span class="s2059626SENU">36-7-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059626SENU">. </span><span class="s2059626CL">Injunction to prevent violation of chapter--Election of remedies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059626Normal-000000"><span class="s2059626DefaultParagraphFont">Any person violating the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined from further violations in the circuit courts of this state in actions to be brought by the State Board of Examiners in Optometry. Such suits may also be brought by any citizen of the state. An action for injunction shall be an alternate to criminal proceedings, and the commencement of one proceeding by the board constitutes an election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059626Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059626000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059626Normal"><span class="s2059626SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059626SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 27.0703 (5) as added by SL 1964, ch 85; revised pursuant to SL 1972, ch 15, §§ 3, 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eNormal { 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.se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1e000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 36-7-29 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 36-7-29 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-29"><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="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7-29" rel="noopener"><span class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eSENU">36-7-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eSENU">. </span><span class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eDefaultParagraphFont">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1e000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="se3aed80a2c1146d8943dcf10fd7cce1eSCL">SL 1976, ch 231; SL 2022, ch 147, § 31.</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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059628Normal { 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.s2059628SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059628CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059628Normal-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.s2059628DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059628000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059628SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059628SCL-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="s2059628Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-7-30"><span class="s2059628SENU">36-7-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059628SENU">. </span><span class="s2059628CL">Entry and inspection by board--Purpose--Drug records and inventories.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059628Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059628DefaultParagraphFont">The Board of Examiners, or any of its officers or employees so authorized, may, during business hours, enter and inspect any place where optometry is practiced for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and rules adopted pursuant hereto. Such inspection may include any records and inventories relating to drugs and controlled substances required to be kept under the provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34-20B"><span class="s2059628DefaultParagraphFont">34-20B</span></a><span class="s2059628DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059628Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059628000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059628Normal"><span class="s2059628SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059628SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 306, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se8f2948345ad4ca593ba2b28cfacda13Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; 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SL 2022, ch 147, § 32.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-32 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-32 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-32"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-32. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1994, ch 296, &#167;&nbsp;8.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS36-7-33 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 36-7-33 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 36-7-33"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 36-7-33. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2003, ch 201, &#167;&nbsp;2.<p> </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 36-7 - OPTOMETRISTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059632Normal { 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.s2059632SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059632CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059632Normal-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.s2059632DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059632000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059632SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059632SCL-000002 { 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="s2059632Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-7-34"><span class="s2059632SENU">36-7-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059632SENU">. </span><span class="s2059632CL">Sale of contact lenses without prescription prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059632Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059632DefaultParagraphFont">No person may sell contact lenses without a valid prescription signed by a licensed optometrist or practitioner licensed pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-4"><span class="s2059632DefaultParagraphFont">36-4</span></a><span class="s2059632DefaultParagraphFont">. For purposes of this section, the term, contact lenses, includes any contact lens, with or without visual correction. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059632Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059632000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059632Normal"><span class="s2059632SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059632SCL-000002"> SL 2010, ch 189, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>