News

SD Rules Review Committee Opens the Door to More Foreign Doctors

SD Rules Review Committee Opens the Door to More Foreign Doctors

Photo: WNAX


The Rules Review Committee of the South Dakota legislature made some changes that may help find more doctors.

Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton says there are specific Visa’s that are used for foreign medical professionals to come into the US….

Kennedy says the Department of Health changed a rule dealing with fees paid for specific services…

Kennedy says representatives for Sanford Health and Avera Health told them the program has helped attract doctors…

Kennedy says the state has authority for thirty J-1 Visas, but is only using thirteen.

Recent Headlines

1 week ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

1 week ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

1 week ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

2 weeks ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

2 weeks ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…