13-42-1.   Certificate required to teach or administer in public schools. No person may teach or administer in any of the public schools of this state or draw wages as a teacher, principal, or superintendent who does not have a certificate issued by the secretary of the Department of Education authorizing the person to teach or administer in the school or field for which he was employed.

Source: SDC 1939, § 15.3807; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 16, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.3802; SL 1975, ch 128, § 293; SL 1985, ch 129, § 17; SL 1986, ch 122, §§ 1, 17; SL 1987, ch 29, § 75; SL 1989, ch 153, § 1; SL 1991, ch 20, §§ 17, 18; SL 2003, ch 272, § 63.

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