SDCL § 3-6C-34: Reporter safeguards--Protection against adverse employment action--Exclusion.

No state agency may take adverse employment action against a reporter because the reporter:

(1) Made a good faith report of improper governmental conduct or a crime to an appropriate authority;

(2) Filed a complaint;

(3) Instituted or caused to be instituted a proceeding;

(4) Requested or participated in an audit;

(5) Testified, or will testify, in a proceeding; or

(6) Exercised any other right or obligation imposed by this chapter or any law of this state.

The provisions of this section do not apply to a state employee who made a report knowing the report was false or who made a report in a reckless disregard for the truth.