{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17-67","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 58-17-67","heading":"Professional association defined.","body":"For purposes of §§ 58-17-66 to 58-17-87, inclusive, the term, professional association, means any association that meets all of the following criteria:\n(1) Serves a single profession that requires a significant amount of education, training, or experience or a license or certificate from a state authority to practice the profession;\n(2) Has been actively in existence for five years;\n(3) Has a constitution and by-laws or other analogous governing documents;\n(4) Has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance;\n(5) Is not owned or controlled by a carrier or affiliated with a carrier;\n(6) Does not condition membership in the association on health status of claims experience;\n(7) Has at least one thousand members if it is a national association; five hundred members if it is a state association; or two hundred members if it is a local association;\n(8) All members and dependents of members are eligible for coverage regardless of health status or claims experience;\n(9) Is governed by a board of directors and sponsors annual meetings of its members; and\n(10) Does not allow producers to market association memberships, accept applications for memberships, or sign up members.","path":["TITLE 58. INSURANCE","CHAPTER 58-17. HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-17-67","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"dc72b96e2cc2eca393aefaab7f50bec3d119f1d478da4da229cd6603f101cf60","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17-66","next":"us-sd/sdcl-58-17-68"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}