The board shall establish requirements for continuing education by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. 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 § 36-7-20. The board may waive any or all of this requirement in case of certified illness or undue hardship.
S.D. Codified Laws § 36-7-20.2
Courses of continuing education specified by board--Certification of attendance--Waiver
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Brown v. State Board of Examiners in Optometry (1978)
Most recently applied in In Re the Alcohol Beverage License Suspension of Cork 'N Bottle, Inc. (November 2002)
Source: SL 1973, ch 243, § 2; SL 1979, ch 252, § 5; SL 2022, ch 147, § 12.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.