Section 36-8-23 - Participation in continuing education--Minimum hours. - South Dakota Statutes

36-8-23. Participation in continuing education--Minimum hours. On or before July 1, 1993, and every two years thereafter, each person licensed to practice podiatry in this state shall provide the State Board of Podiatry evidence, of a nature suitable to the board, that he has attended or participated in such continuing education in podiatry and related subjects as shall be required by the board by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26. The board by such rules shall establish the number of minimum hours of biennial continuing education to be required as a prerequisite to license renewal and requirements, guidelines, and procedures as may be necessary and desirable to implement and fulfill reasonable continuing education requirements to ensure competence in the practice of podiatry by licensees in this state. The board may reduce, on a pro rata basis, the number of hours of continuing education required by a licensee licensed to practice for less than two years prior to a biennial continuing education deadline.

Source: SL 1987, ch 270; SL 1991, ch 305.