Authority and scope
Check the professional and concern
The Board's disciplinary process covers RNs, LPNs, certified nurse midwives, certified nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists. It also covers certified nurse aides (CNAs) and registered medication aides (RMAs). Applicants are included in the complaint instructions. Nurses and registered aides have different submission routes.
Supporting guidance: Complaints and disciplinary process ↗Nurse complaint instructions ↗CNA/RMA complaint instructions ↗
Choose the right licensing authority
Nurses and nurse applicants
RN, LPN and the four listed advanced practice categories.
Open this official route ↗CNA/RMA complaint form
CNA, RMA and applicants for those registrations.
Open this official route ↗How the official source says to file
- For a nurse or nurse applicant, use the Board's required complaint form through its linked online portal. Supply the person's full name and a detailed account of the alleged conduct.
- For a CNA or RMA, complete and sign the separate PDF; attach copies of relevant documents and available medical records, keeping originals.
- The aide form directs delivery to SD Board of Nursing, Attention: Sarah Hauge, 4305 S. Louise Ave., Suite 201, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, or sarah.hauge@state.sd.us.
- Required forms and supporting documentation matter: the Board says omissions can lead to rejection without further action.
Supporting guidance: Nurse complaint instructions ↗CNA and RMA complaint PDF ↗
What this route may not provide
This is a professional licensing or registration complaint route. The checked material describes corrective and disciplinary outcomes; this guide does not establish a refund, damages, or compensation remedy.
Supporting guidance: Complaints and disciplinary process ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
The checked instructions do not establish an anonymous-filing option. The CNA/RMA form requests complainant details and a signature and says a properly submitted complaint is copied to the person complained about. Ask the Board about identity handling before relying on confidentiality.
Supporting guidance: Nurse complaint instructions ↗CNA and RMA complaint PDF ↗
Ask promptly; processing may take weeks or months.
This guide does not establish a deadline for filing a nursing complaint. Ask the Board promptly about the rules that apply to your situation.
Supporting guidance: Nurse complaint instructions ↗CNA/RMA complaint instructions ↗
What may happen after filing
The Compliance Director may request additional information. The instructions describe emailed receipt confirmation and notice of final action. Possible outcomes include dismissal, a letter of concern, corrective measures, or discipline such as reprimand, probation, suspension, or revocation.
Supporting guidance: Complaints and disciplinary process ↗Nurse complaint instructions ↗
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, then add a short chronology, best supporting records, factual consequences, and a specific request for review.
Read the linked authority and process information ↗
Sources and scope
Some agency-linked forms and destinations could not be read. Source-check dates apply to the material listed below; they do not establish that every linked portal was inspected or a complaint submitted.
Complaints and disciplinary process ↗
Regulated categories and possible outcomes; public HTML retrieved directly.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Nurse complaint instructions ↗
Required form, identifying detail, omissions, acknowledgment and duration.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
CNA/RMA complaint instructions ↗
Separate registrant route and processing.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
CNA and RMA complaint PDF ↗
Actual form, signature, documents, delivery and copy to registrant.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Source check: September 19, 2026. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.