20:70:03:01Ethics.

A licensee under SDCL chapter 36-4C shall comply with the following code of ethics. ● Demonstrate behavior that reflects integrity, supports objectivity, and fosters trust in the profession and its professionals. ● Seek educational opportunities to improve and maintain their professional competence and document their participation accurately. ● Perform only those procedures or functions in which they are individually competent and which are within their scope of accepted and responsible practice. ● Respect and protect the legal and personal rights of patients, including the right to privacy, informed consent, and refusal of treatment. ● Divulge no protected information regarding any patient or family unless disclosure is required for the responsible performance of duty authorized by the patient and/or family, or required by law. ● Provide care without discrimination on any basis, with respect for the rights and dignity of all individuals. ● Promote disease prevention and wellness. ● Refuse to participate in illegal or unethical acts. ● Refuse to conceal, and will report, the illegal, unethical, fraudulent, or incompetent acts of others. ● Follow sound scientific procedures and ethical principles in research. ● Comply with state or federal laws which govern and relate to their practice. ● Avoid any form of conduct that is fraudulent or creates a conflict of interest, and shall follow the principles of ethical business behavior. ● Promote health care delivery through improvement of the access, efficacy, and cost of patient care. ● Encourage and promote appropriate stewardship of resources.

Source: 41 SDR 180, effective May 21, 2015.