ARSD 67:42:09:08. Qualifications and responsibilities of paraprofessional staff

An agency may employ paraprofessional staff to assist the social work staff. The paraprofessional staff may perform work only under the social work supervisor or social worker and may not assume the full responsibilities and duties normally assigned to a social worker. Paraprofessional staff may not have on record a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect.