{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-36-2a-1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 36-2A-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Terms used in this chapter mean:\n(1) \"Board,\" a licensing board authorized in title 36;\n(2) \"Health professionals assistance program,\" or \"program,\" a confidential program designed to monitor and manage the treatment and continuing care of a health professional who may be unable to practice with reasonable skill or safety, or whose practice poses a risk to the public, if the professional's mental health or substance use related issue or disorder is not appropriately managed;\n(3) \"Impaired,\" the inability of a licensee to practice with reasonable skill or safety, or whose practice poses a risk to the public as a result of unmanaged or undermanaged mental health or substance use related issue or disorder;\n(4) \"Program personnel,\" persons or entities providing services for or on behalf of a licensing board's health professionals assistance program.","path":["TITLE 36. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 36-2A. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/36-2A-1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"339b2f0f906c50ba7771bc767447a1ac36386cb37179183402c500c1b68cb634","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-36-2-22","next":"us-sd/sdcl-36-2a-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}