# Summary The South Dakota Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists updated its rules to align with 2024 legislative changes and modernize outdated language. For hearing aid dispensers and audiologists renewing licenses, continuing education credits must now be completed by July 1st and submitted with the renewal application (instead of annually), and the board can waive the requirement for illness certified by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, or for undue hardship. The rules eliminate outdated application requirements (like detailed employment history), add three new late fees of $50 each for different reinstatement scenarios, and clarify that incomplete applications must be finished within one year or will be withdrawn. The board also removed provisional audiologist licensing and repealed several duplicate or obsolete sections while adding definitions sections to both the hearing aid dispenser and audiologist articles.
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Reflects changes made to statute during the 2024 legislative session, provides general language clean-up to reflect current terminology and practice, and corrects legal and authority references.
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