<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 36-9A-4 - Licensing requirements. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2059784Normal { 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.s2059784SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059784CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059784Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2059784DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2059784Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2059784000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059784SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2059784SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-9A-4"><span class="s2059784SENU">36-9A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059784SENU">. </span><span class="s2059784CL">Licensing requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000000"><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">No person may be licensed to practice as a certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife unless the person:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000001"><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Is currently licensed by the Board of Nursing as a registered nurse or has a privilege to practice;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Has completed an approved program for the preparation of certified nurse practitioners or certified nurse midwives; </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000001"><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Has passed any examination, written or oral, or both, which the board may require; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000001"><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Has completed a minimum of one thousand forty practice hours as a licensed certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Has a written collaborative agreement with a physician, licensed pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-4"><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">36-4</span></a><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">, or a certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife licensed under this chapter, to meet the one thousand forty hour practice requirement; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Is otherwise qualified under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-9A-29"><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">36-9A-29</span></a><span class="s2059784DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059784000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2059784Normal"><span class="s2059784SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2059784SCL-000003"> SL 1979, ch 256, § 4; SL 1995, ch 218, § 7; SL 1999, ch 192, § 12; SL 2017, ch 171, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>