If any physician assistant, licensed in this state, licensed or authorized to practice in any other state or territory of the United States, or credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer, is responding to a need for medical care created by a natural disaster or other gubernatorially declared emergency, that physician assistant may render the care that the physician assistant is able to provide.
S.D. Codified Laws § 36-4A-26.2
Natural disaster or state emergency--Scope of practice
Source: SL 2007, ch 207, § 11; SL 2025, ch 149, § 12.
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