The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- SDCL 34-48A
- Issued
- 2021-04-20 Apr. 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-20
- End
- No expiration stated (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Vaccination or testingOther
- Addressees
- State agencies, boards and commissions
- local governments (hortatory)
- private businesses (protected from State-imposed requirements)
- Functions reached
- OTHER (prohibition, not a limitation)
- RS long-term care vaccination documentation preserved
- Collection
- South Dakota SD
Operative words
1. No state agency, department, board, commission, or other executive branch entity or official under the direct control of the Governor shall require an individual to present a COVID-19 vaccine passport as described above, or any similar proof-of-COVID-19-vaccination, in order to enter government premises, receive a government benefit, license, or do business with the government.... 3. No local government or subdivision of local government should require an individual to present a COVID-19 vaccine passport... 6. Nothing in this executive order shall be construed to: (a) limit the ability of a nursing home, assisted living facility, or long-term care facility to require documentation of a resident's vaccination status
Enforcement
Directive to executive agencies
Notes
Recital: the State 'led the nation... by refusing to define what is an essential business, refusing to issue mask mandates, and refusing to shut down the free market'