Verification record
How current is South Dakota’s pharmacy staffing rule, and how does RxShift know?
Last verified 2026-10-19. Read from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word; the weekly re-check on 2026-10-19 confirmed that every recorded passage is still there today.
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Passages captured from the issuing body
1,333 characters, word for word
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Official sources
sdlegislature.gov
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Dated reads on file
captures taken 2026-10-16
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Automatic re-checks
newest 2026-10-19
The rule on file
ARSD 20:51:29:19. Up to 3 registered pharmacy technicians on duty in a pharmacy for every pharmacist on duty. Hospital, mail order and long-term care pharmacies are excepted: the pharmacist-in-charge sets the ratio there, under conditions.
That is the sentence the South Dakota page states. The passages below are what the issuing body served when RxShift read it, kept as a dated record so a pharmacy and its counsel can check the sentence against the source. How a rule is read is decided by people and recorded with its date; no automated check can change a reading. RxShift reports deficiencies against this reading; it does not certify compliance, and nothing here is legal advice.
The recorded passages
Recorded word for word on the read of 2026-10-16. Each week an automated re-check opens every official source named here and confirms each passage is still on the page as served; the mark on each passage is what the newest re-check (2026-10-19) found.
Source 1: sdlegislature.gov
https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Rules/Rule/20:51:29.html?all=true ↗20:51:29:19 Ratio, with its Source line
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1920:51:29:19 . Ratio. Except as provided in §20:51:29:19.02 , up to three registered pharmacy technicians may be on duty in a pharmacy for every pharmacist on duty. A pharmacy intern does not count in this ratio. Source: 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004; 42 SDR 19, effective August 19, 2015 ; 50 SDR 138, effective June 2, 2024; 52 SDR 27, effective September 15, 2025 . General Authority: SDCL 36-11-11 (1) (13) . Law Implemented: SDCL 36-11- 2 ( 22 ). Cross-Reference: Number of interns, §20:51:02:11.01 .
514 characters, recorded as written.
20:51:29:19.02, the exception's opening sentences
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1920:51:29:19.02 . Exception to ratio for hospital, mail order, and long-term care pharmacy. The maximum ratio of pharmacists to registered pharmacy technicians who may be on duty in a hospital, mail order, or long-term care pharmacy is determined by the pharmacist - in - charge. Regardless of the ratio, the following requirements must be met:
343 characters, recorded as written.
Source 2: sdlegislature.gov
https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Rules/Rule/20:51:02.html?all=true ↗20:51:02:11.01 Number of interns, with its Source line
Confirmed by re-check 2026-10-1920:51:02:11.01. Number of interns. A pharmacist may not supervise more than two pharmacy intern s at one time in the pharmacy. A pharmacy intern does not count for purposes of the ratio of technicians supervised by the pharmacist. Source: 31 SDR 35, effective September 19, 2004; 36 SDR 21, effective August 17, 2009 ; 47 SDR 42, effective October 12, 2020 . General Authority: SDCL 36-11-11(1) , 36-11-25. Law Implemented: SDCL 36-11-25. Cross Reference: Ratio, §20:51:29:19.
476 characters, recorded as written.
Every read and every re-check, newest first
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2026-10-19
Re-check: confirmed
The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (3 of 3, 1,117 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.
2026-10-16
Re-check: confirmed
The weekly re-check found every recorded passage (3 of 3, 1,117 characters) still on the issuing body's page as served that day.
2026-10-16
Full read
Read in full from the issuing body's own text and recorded word for word.
South Dakota allows up to three registered pharmacy technicians on duty for every pharmacist on duty, and a pharmacy intern does not count in that ratio (ARSD 20:51:29:19, re-read today from the Legislature's official rules service); a pharmacist may supervise no more than two pharmacy interns at one time (ARSD 20:51:02:11.01). Hospital, mail order and long-term care pharmacies are excepted and set their ratio through the pharmacist-in-charge under conditions (ARSD 20:51:29:19.02).
Confidence recorded: high. This entry on the updates log
2026-10-15
Re-check: no baseline
No report with a verbatim record qualified as a baseline on that date, so there was nothing for the automated re-check to compare.
2026-10-12
Currency screen
A check for any amendment, repeal or proposal since the last full read.
South Dakota allows up to three registered pharmacy technicians on duty for every pharmacist on duty, and a pharmacy intern does not count in that ratio (ARSD 20:51:29:19); hospital, mail order and long-term care pharmacies are excepted and set their ratio through the pharmacist-in-charge under conditions (ARSD 20:51:29:19.02). South Dakota pharmacy rules set no maximum shift length, no minimum rest between shifts and no required meal or rest break.
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
2026-09-17
Report
A dated report on file for this state.
South Dakota allows up to three pharmacy technicians on duty for every pharmacist on duty, and a pharmacy intern does not count toward that number (ARSD 20:51:29:19). Hospital, mail order and long-term care pharmacies are excepted and have their ratio set by the pharmacist-in-charge, subject to conditions (ARSD 20:51:29:19.02).
Confidence recorded: medium. This entry on the updates log
What the re-check results mean
- Confirmed: every recorded passage was still on the issuing body’s page as served that day.
- Mismatch: at least one passage was not found. It is reported as it stands, a person looks, and the rows after it show what followed.
- Not allowed: the issuing body’s site does not permit automated reading, so the rule rests on its dated read, by a person where the page can only be opened in a browser.
- Nothing to match, no baseline: the record on file held no passage the re-check can match, or no report yet qualified as its baseline.