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The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- S.D. Codified Laws title 34, ch. 34-18 (Health Regulation of Lodging and Food Service Establishments and Campgrounds)
- Issued
- 2026-09-29 Sept. 29, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-29)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 29, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: lodging establishments, campgrounds, food service establishments, temporary and mobile food service establishments and their owners
- Character
- sanitary code duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: South Dakota DUT-SD
Operative words
The secretary of health, upon determining the existence of a hazardous condition that may immediately endanger human life or be seriously detrimental to public health may... summarily suspend the license of any... food service establishment... Any... owner violating the provisions of this chapter or the rules... shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor
Penalty
Class 2 misdemeanor, each day a separate offense (34-18-32; 22-6-2(2), Ex. DUT-SD-007); summary license suspension (34-18-27); denial, suspension or revocation (34-18-27.1)
What it required
Every restaurant, bar, hotel, motel, campground and food service business in South Dakota operated only under a Department of Health license (34-18-9), subject to the department's 'minimum public health and safety requirements' (34-18-22), summary suspension for 'a hazardous condition that may immediately endanger human life or be seriously detrimental to public health' (34-18-27), suspension or revocation for 'conduct or practices detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare' (34-18-27.1(3)), complaint inspections (34-18-27.3) and a Class 2 misdemeanor with 'each and every day of operation after serving the notice of closure... a distinct and separate offense' (34-18-32).
Retrieval noteThe Food Service Code (Ex. DUT-SD-016) is promulgated under 34-18-22 and 34-1-17. Sioux Falls Ord. 28-20 § 3 (Ex. SD-039) added, for licensees under SDCL title 35, 'a mandatory recommendation to the South Dakota Secretary of Revenue that such business's license be suspended or revoked.'.