There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 36 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 09A. Nurse Practitioners And Midwives
§36-9A-17 Advanced practice nursing and medical functions--Collaborative agreement required.
SD Codified L § 36-9A-17 (through 2011) What's This?
36-9A-17. Advanced practice nursing and medical functions--Collaborative agreement required. A nurse practitioner or nurse midwife may perform the overlapping scope of advanced practice nursing and medical functions only under the terms of a collaborative agreement with a physician licensed under chapter 36-4. Any collaborative agreement shall be maintained on file with the boards. Collaboration may be by direct personal contact, or by a combination of direct personal contact and indirect contact via telecommunication, as may be required by the boards. If the collaborating physician named in a collaborative agreement becomes temporarily unavailable, the nurse practitioner or nurse midwife may perform the agreed upon overlapping scope of advanced practice nursing and medical functions in consultation with another licensed physician designated as a substitute.
Source: SL 1979, ch 256, § 9; SL 1995, ch 214, § 2; SL 1995, ch 218, § 12; SL 1999, ch 192, § 18.
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