20:75:04:07Initial active certificate holders.

An individual certificate holder whose initial certificate was issued less than three years before the renewal date shall fulfill the following minimum requirements of continuing professional education: (1) Certificate holders whose initial certificate was issued less than one year before the renewal date: none; (2) Certificate holders whose initial certificate was issued at least one year but less than two years before the renewal date: 20 hours; (3) Certificate holders whose initial certificate was issued at least two but less than three years before the renewal date: 40 hours with a minimum of 20 hours per year. The continuing education requirement for the first renewal and any subsequent renewal is the number of hours required for a three-year period by SDCL 36-20B-27.

Source: 29 SDR 16, effective August 14, 2002.