1 Revision Date: September 3, 2025 CHAPTER 20:52:01
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSE
Section
20:52:01:01 Application for physician assistant license.
20:52:01:02 Repealed.
20:52:01:03 Physician assistant collaborative agreement.
20:52:01:03.01 Supervision of a licensed physician assistant, Repealed.
20:52:01:03.02 Repealed.
20:52:01:04 Repealed.
20:52:01:05 Termination of physician assistant collaborative agreement.
20:52:01:06 Repealed.
20:52:01:07 Repealed.
20:52:01:08 Repealed.
20:52:01:09 Renewal of physician assistant license.
20:52:01:10 Repealed.
20:52:01:11 Fee amounts.
2 Revision Date: September 3, 2025 20:52:01:03. Physician assistant collaborative agreement. A physician assistant who is not
exempt from the requirement to practice under a collaborative agreement pursuant to SDCL chapter
36-4A-1.2, shall use a form approved by the State Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners to
create the agreement. The agreement must contain the content required in SDCL subdivision 36-4A-
1.1(2), and other information as may be required by the board.
If a physician assistant, practicing without a collaborative agreement, is no longer certified by
or fails to renew certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants,
the physician assistant, in order to continue practicing, must have a collaborative agreement as set
forth in SDCL 36-4A-1.1, and this section.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 34 SDR 93,
effective October 17, 2007.
General Authority: SDCL 36-4A-42.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-4A-1.1, 36-4A-1.2.
3 Revision Date: September 3, 2025 20:52:01:03.01. Supervision of a licensed physician assistant. Repealed.
Source: 34 SDR 93, effective October 17, 2007; 43 SDR 57, effective October 20, 2016.
4 Revision Date: September 3, 2025 20:52:01:05. Termination of physician assistant collaborative agreement. A physician
assistant who is not exempt from the requirement to practice under a collaborative agreement
pursuant to SDCL 36-4A-1.2, shall notify the board, in writing, of the termination of a
collaborative agreement.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 34 SDR 93,
effective October 17, 2007.
General Authority: SDCL 36-4A-42.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-4A-1.1, 36-4A-1.2.
5 Revision Date: September 3, 2025 CHAPTER 20:52:02
ETHICS
Section
20:52:02:01 Code of ethics.
20:52:02:02 Violations.
20:52:02:03 Ethical considerations, Repealed.
20:52:02:01. Code of ethics. Any physician assistant licensed pursuant to SDCL chapter 36-
4A shall comply with the American Academy of Physician Associates Guidelines for Ethical
Conduct for the PA Profession, 2018.
Source: 41 SDR 180, effective May 21, 2015.
General Authority: SDCL 36-4A-42.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-4A-37(1).
Reference: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the PA Profession, 2018, American
Academy of Physician Associates. Copies may be obtained at no charge from
https://www.aapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Guidelines-for-Ethical-Conduct-for-the-PA-
Profession-7-1-21.pdf.
6 Revision Date: September 3, 2025 20:52:02:03. Ethical considerations. Repealed.
Source: 41 SDR 180, effective May 21, 2015.