South Dakota § 36-15-56 - Grounds for disciplinary action.
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§ 36-15-56. Grounds for disciplinary action.
The grounds for disciplinary action are:
(1) Fraud or deception in procuring a license required by this chapter;
(2) Failure of any person to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;
(3) Publication or use of any untruthful or improper statement or representation, with a view of deceiving the public, or any patron or customer in connection with the practice or education in cosmetology;
(4) Habitual drunkenness or drug addiction affecting the licensee's practice of the profession, or conviction of a violation of any federal or state law relating to narcotic drugs;
(5) Failure to furnish to the commission, any report or information which is required by this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;
(6) The employment of any unlicensed person to perform work which under this chapter can lawfully be done only by licensed persons;
(7) Failure to publicly display any license required by this chapter;
(8) Willfully making any false oath or affirmation whenever any oath or affirmation is required in this chapter or by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter;
(9) Conviction of a felony affecting the licensee's practice of the profession, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction;
(10) Continued practice by persons knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease; and
(11) Practice of any cosmetology services for which the commission requires additional continuing education when the education has not been completed.
Source: SDC 1939, § 27.1511; SL 1943, ch 106, § 3; SL 1957, ch 118, § 1; SL 1972, ch 206, § 48; SL 2003, ch 202, § 63.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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