South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02A - Health Professionals Assistance Program
Section 36-2A-2 - Health professional assistance program--Standards.

36-2A-2. Health professional assistance program--Standards.
A board may conduct, or contract for services with an entity to conduct, a health professionals assistance program to protect the public from impaired persons regulated by the board. The program does not affect a board's authority to discipline violators of a board's practice act.
A health professionals assistance program shall include the following standards:
(1)Program personnel qualified to manage mental health and substance use related issues and disorders;
(2)Admission criteria;
(3)Criteria for denial of admission pursuant to § 36-2A-8;
(4)Program participation components;
(5)Termination criteria; and
(6)Successful discharge criteria.

Source: SL 1996, ch 227, §2; SL 2013, ch 171, §2; SL 2021, ch 170, § 3.

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