South Dakota State Personnel Standards

Audiologist

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Discipline Audiologist
License/Certificate Audiologist
State Department South Dakota Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists
State Department Hyperlink https://doh.sd.gov/boards/audiology/licensing.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Master's
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? Supervised clinical practicum from a regionally accredited institution.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Passage of a national examination as recognized by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or American Academy of Audiology (AAA); Educational Testing Service (ETS) of successful completion of the Praxis examination in Audiology passing score: 170

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist

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Discipline Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist
License/Certificate 24:15:06:22. K-12 Deaf or hearing impaired endorsement
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/certification/endorsements.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Kindergarten - 12th grade
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework A K-12 deaf or hearing impaired endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework, including a three-semester hour practicum, specific to the deaf or hearing impaired program that addresses: (1) Knowledge of the human auditory system, including the anatomy, acoustics, and physics of sound; (2) Knowledge of hearing loss and deafness and the effects of hearing loss and deafness on students' lives, development, and learning processes; (3) Understanding of the foundations of education for students who are deaf and hearing-impaired and the function and dysfunction of the sensory-motor and auditory system; (4) Understanding of knowledge of speech, linguistics, and audiology and their relevance to education of students who are deaf or hearing impaired and the psychological dynamics of individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired in a hearing society; (5) Knowledge of language and communication needs of students and instructional techniques in a child's language and communications mode; and (6) Six semester hours of American Sign Language and deaf culture.
Additional requirements specific to Part C? 24:15:06:23. Birth through preschool special education endorsement. A birth through preschool special education endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework, including a three-semester hour practicum specific to birth through preschool special education. This endorsement requires both coursework completion and a passing score on the designated state test.
Additional requirements specific for schools? 24:15:06:23. Birth through preschool special education endorsement. A birth through preschool special education endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework, including a three-semester hour practicum specific to birth through preschool special education. This endorsement requires both coursework completion and a passing score on the designated state test.

Early Childhood Educator 201 Birth-Preschool

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Discipline Early Childhood Educator
License/Certificate 201 Birth-Preschool Education 24:53:07:01
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/oatq/teachercert.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - PreK
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework Completion of 18 semester hours of coursework to include: (a) Child growth and development; (b) Curriculum, methodology, and materials related to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; (c) Family systems; (d) Introduction to children with disabilities;
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? 135 clock hours of experience, practicum, or student teaching with birth through preschool age children.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Praxis Test: Birth - Age 8 Early Childhood 24:53:07:02 or 24:53:07:03 pass:166

Early Childhood Educator 251 Birth-Preschool

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Discipline Early Childhood Educator
License/Certificate 251 Birth-Preschool Education Endorsement 24:15:06:02
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/certification/
Type of License/Certificate Endorsement
Age Range Birth - 3rd Grade
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework Completion of 18 semester hours of coursework to include: (a) Child growth and development; (b) Curriculum, methodology, and materials related to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; (c) Family systems; (d) Introduction to children with disabilities.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? 135 clock hours of experience, practicum, or student teaching with birth through preschool age children.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Praxis Test: Birth - Age 8 Early Childhood 24:53:07:02 or 24:53:07:03 pass:166

Early Childhood Educator 219 Birth – Age 8

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Discipline Early Childhood Educator
License/Certificate 219 Birth - Age 8 Early Childhood 24:53:07:02 or 24:53:07:03
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/certification/
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - 8 yrs
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework Completion of 18 semester hours of coursework to include: (a) Child growth and development; (b) Curriculum, methodology, and materials related to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; (c) Family systems; (d) Introduction to children with disabilities.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? 135 clock hours of experience, practicum, or student teaching with birth through preschool-age children.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Praxis Test: Birth - Age 8 Early Childhood 24:53:07:02 or 24:53:07:03 pass:166

Early Childhood Special Educator 221 Birth-Age 8

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Discipline Early Childhood Special Educator
License/Certificate 221 Birth-Age 8 Special Education 24:53:07:03
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/sped/Early-Intervention.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - 8 yrs
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? A minimum of a three-semester-hour special education practicum under the supervision of a certified special education teacher and university supervisor at each level of endorsement.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? 1. Special Education; Preschool/Early Childhood (Computer-Based) (5691 or 0691); pass: 159 2. Principles of Learning and Teaching: Early Childhood (5621 or 0621); pass: 157

Early Childhood Special Educator 267 Birth

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Discipline Early Childhood Special Educator
License/Certificate 267 Birth - Preschool Special Education Endorsement 24:15:06:23
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/sped/Early-Intervention.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Endorsement
Age Range Birth - PreK
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? A minimum of a three-semester-hour special education practicum under the supervision of a certified special education teacher and university supervisor at each level of endorsement.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? 1. Special Education; Preschool/Early Childhood (Computer-Based) (5691 or 0691); pass: 159 2. Principles of Learning and Teaching: Early Childhood (5621 or 0621); pass: 157

Family Therapist

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Discipline Family Therapist
License/Certificate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
State Department South Dakota Department of Social Services, Behavioral Health Services
State Department Hyperlink https://www.aamft.org/Advocacy/State_Resources/South%20Dakota.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Master's
Licensure Specific Curriculum/Coursework A master's or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy, or a related topic with equivalent coursework, from a program accredited by COAMFTE, CACREP, or a regionally accredited program. The program must include a practicum, consisting of at least 300 hours of client contact.
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? Must complete two calendar years of supervised clinical experience. 1,700 hours must be direct clinical contact. At least 200 hours must be direct supervision, 100 of which must be individual supervision.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? The exam required for licensure is The Marital and Family Therapy Examination (MFT). The exam is administered by The Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards (AMFTRB).

Nurse

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Discipline Nurse
License/Certificate Registered Nurse (RN)
State Department South Dakota Board of Nursing
State Department Hyperlink https://doh.sd.gov/boards/nursing/
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? The applicant is required to pass a written or computerized adaptive testing examination determined by the board of nurse registration and nursing education (NCLEX).

Occupational Therapist

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Discipline Occupational Therapist
License/Certificate Occupational Therapy
State Department South Dakota Board of Medical & Osteopathic Examiners
State Department Hyperlink https://www.sdbmoe.gov/professions-occupational-therapist-ot/
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? South Dakota requires that you complete at least six months of clinical occupational therapy work under the supervision of a Registered Occupational Therapist prior to licensure.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? In order to qualify for state licensure as a Registered Occupational Therapist, you must first become nationally certified by taking the Occupational Therapist Registered (OTR) exam offered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy and scoring at least in the 70th percentile.

Physical Therapist

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Discipline Physical Therapist
License/Certificate Physical Therapist
State Department South Dakota Board of Medical & Osteopathic Examiners
State Department Hyperlink https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/2078687
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Doctoral
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Licensing of applicant registered by American Registry of Physical Therapists or who has passed a national examination. The Board of Examiners may in its discretion, without examination, issue a license to any applicant registered by the American Registry of Physical Therapists or one who has passed a national examination recognized by the board with a grade acceptable to it. The applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the board that he is of good moral character and evidence as required by the board of qualification.

Psychologist

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Discipline Psychologist
License/Certificate Psychologist Examiners
State Department South Dakota Department of Social Services, Behavioral Health Sciences Licensing Board
State Department Hyperlink https://dss.sd.gov/licensingboards/psych/psych.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Doctorate
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? Has had a supervised psychology internship amounting to not less than one thousand eight hundred hours in duration over a period of not more than two consecutive calendar years. The board shall specify, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapters 1-26, the nature of an acceptable supervised psychology internship.
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP); Oral interview and question and answer by the board. Ethical and professional issues as they relate to the clinical practice of psychology may also evaluate an applicant's knowledge base for the clinical practice of psychology.

School Psychologist

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Discipline School Psychologist
License/Certificate School Service Specialist: B-21 School Psychologist 24:53:09:03
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - 21 yrs
Degree Level Requirement Masters
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? School Psychologist (5402): Passing score-147.

Social Worker

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Discipline Social Worker
License/Certificate Certified Social Worker
State Department South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners
State Department Hyperlink https://dss.sd.gov/licensingboards/socialwork/social.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Master's
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Has passed, to the satisfaction of the Board, a national examination by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) at the appropriate level as specified herein. All ASWB examination scores are reported as pass/fail, with the number of questions needed to pass the examination, and because test questions change from one administration to the next, statistical adjustments must be made to account for small differences in the overall difficulty of individual examinations.

Speech Language Pathologist

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Discipline Speech-Language Pathologist
License/Certificate Speech-Language Pathology License
State Department South Dakota Board of Speech-Language Pathology
State Department Hyperlink https://doh.sd.gov/boards/speechpath/
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Birth - Death
Degree Level Requirement Master's
Licensure Require Specific Field or Clinical Work? Completed supervised professional employment (defined in regulation as a minimum of 30 hours a week of professional employment in speech-language pathology for at least nine months whether or not for wages or other compensation under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist licensed under this chapter).
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Pass a national examination in speech-language pathology as required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or other national accrediting association as may be approved by the Board. The Praxis Speech-Language Pathology test scores of 162.
Additional requirements specific for schools? Speech-language pathologist certificate from the South Dakota Department of Education.

Vision Specialist

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Discipline Vision Specialist
License/Certificate 213 K-12 Blind/Visually Impaired Education 24:53:07:25
State Department South Dakota Department of Education
State Department Hyperlink https://doe.sd.gov/certification/endorsements.aspx
Type of License/Certificate Licensure/Certificate
Age Range Kindergarten - 12th grade
Degree Level Requirement Bachelor's
Licensure Dependent on an Exam? Special Education Teaching Students with Visual Impairments (5282) and Braille Proficiency (0633).
Additional requirements specific to Part C? 24:15:06:23. Birth through preschool special education endorsement. A birth through preschool special education endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework, including a three-semester hour practicum specific to birth through preschool special education. This endorsement requires both coursework completion and a passing score on the designated state test.
Additional requirements specific for schools? 24:15:06:23. Birth through preschool special education endorsement. A birth through preschool special education endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework, including a three-semester hour practicum specific to birth through preschool special education. This endorsement requires both coursework completion and a passing score on the designated state test.