The program director must have a master’s degree in an accredited behavioral or social science area and at least four years of relevant alternative child care experience or a bachelor’s degree in a behavioral or social science and at least six years of relevant alternative child care experience. The program director may not have on record a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.

Cross-References: Revocation or refusal to issue or renew license or registration for child abuse or violence, SDCL 26-6-23.1; Screening for substantiated reports of abuse and neglect, § 67:42:01:05.02.

Source: 32 SDR 33, effective August 31, 2005; 34 SDR 200, effective January 30, 2008.

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-16.