# S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-8: License required to practice professions enumerated in chapter

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-8

## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-8
- **Heading:** License required to practice professions enumerated in chapter
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 36 / Chapter 18A / Section 36-18A-8

## Text

Any person or business entity practicing or offering to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, or petroleum release assessment or remediation shall submit evidence of qualifications to the board and be licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. No person or business entity may practice or offer to practice any of these professions, or to use in connection with that person's or business entity's name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description that may falsely convey the impression that the person is duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter unless the person is so licensed.

Source: SL 1999, ch 195, § 8; SL 2007, ch 219, § 6.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-1 Definition of terms](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-1.1 Inactive licensee defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-1.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-2 Practice of architecture defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-3 Practice of engineering, design coordination, and engineering studies defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-4 Practice of land surveying defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-5 Practice of landscape architecture defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-6 Practice of petroleum release assessment defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-7 Practice of petroleum release remediation defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-8 License required to practice professions enumerated in chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-9 Certain persons exempt from provisions of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-10 Building consisting of more than one type of occupancy--Limitations for each type](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-11 Design-build services by contractor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-12 Certain services performed by authorized petroleum release business exempt](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-12.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 36-18A-13 Incidental cross-practice by architects and engineers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T36_C18A_S36-18A-13.md)

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