Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) “Board,” the South Dakota Board of Addiction and Prevention Professionals; and

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-34-1

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) “Practitioner,” a person certified, licensed, or recognized under this chapter in the practice of addiction counseling or prevention services who holds oneself out to the public by any title or description of services which uses the words certified addiction counselor, licensed addiction counselor, addiction counselor trainee, certified prevention specialist, prevention specialist trainee, or any derivatives thereof.

Source: SL 2004, ch 253, § 1; SL 2013, ch 183, § 1.