Natural disaster or state emergency--Scope of practice

SDCL § 36-4A-26.2 — under PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.

SDCL § 36-4A-26.2

If any physician assistant, licensed in this state, licensed or authorized to practice in any other state or territory of the United States, or credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer, is responding to a need for medical care created by a natural disaster or other gubernatorially declared emergency, that physician assistant may render the care that the physician assistant is able to provide. Source: SL 2007, ch 207 , § 11; SL 2025, ch 149 , § 12.