36-2-15. Discrimination between practitioners of vision services prohibited to public employees.
No official or employee of any department, board, commission, or agency of this state, or of any of its political subdivisions, shall in the performance of official duties interfere with any person's freedom of choice in the selection of practitioners licensed to perform vision services pursuant to chapters 36-4 and 36-7, nor shall any such official or employee discriminate between such licensees within the scope of their respective practices when requiring or recommending such services to be performed by such licensees under any public program.
Source: SL 1977, ch 293.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 36 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 02 - Practitioners Of Healing Arts In General
Section 36-2-1 - Definition of terms.
Section 36-2-3 - Use of word "doctor" as evidence of practice--Basic science certificate required.
Section 36-2-4 - Legally qualified persons exempt.
Section 36-2-5 - Persons holding academic degrees exempt.
Section 36-2-6 - Psychoanalysts exempt.
Section 36-2-7 - Psychologists exempt.
Section 36-2-8 - Officers of armed forces and federal service exempt.
Section 36-2-9 - Consulting practitioners from other states exempt.
Section 36-2-10 - Religious practitioners exempt.
Section 36-2-12 - Injunction to prevent violations--Election of remedies.
Section 36-2-17 - Immunity from liability for furnishing records to patient.
Section 36-2-18 - Unaffiliated health care facility.
Section 36-2-20 - Assistance in birth if occurs other than in hospital or medical clinic.
Section 36-2-22 - Department authorized to issue rules for processing waiver requests--Scope--Fee.