Starting residency · SD
Starting residency in South Dakota
South Dakota requires residents to hold a training license from the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners: the Resident license. South Dakota has no state income tax on wages.
Training license
- Status
- Training license required
- Called
- Resident license
- Fee
- $50 (board rule; state law caps it at $50)
- Renewal
- Valid up to 1 year; renewed on a board form
Who applies: Resident, on board forms.
South Dakota's medical practice law has no resident exemption, and practicing without a board license, certificate or permit is a misdemeanor, so residents hold a resident license or a full license. The license is forfeited if the holder leaves good standing in an accredited residency. Holders may not provide medical services outside the residency until they have completed one year of training. The board's website returned errors throughout this research, so these details come from state statutes and board rules.
Full license: After 2 years of graduate medical education (board rule ARSD 20:47:03:03). A full license matters if you plan to moonlight.
Source: South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
State income tax
No state income tax on wages.
Source: taxfoundation.org
Match Day to your first loan payment
Assumes you enroll in RAP or IBR when the grace period ends, recertify once a year, and file each tax return by April. Your servicer's dates govern.
Mid-March
Match Day
You learn where you'll train. Your program sends its residency (GME) agreement and onboarding steps.
March–April
South Dakota training license
Apply for your South Dakota training license as soon as your program sends instructions. Applications often need school records and background checks that take weeks.
April–June
Credentialing and onboarding
Hospital credentialing, health screening, payroll and benefits forms, and a DEA registration if your program requires one.
Late June–July 1
Move and start
Intern orientation usually starts in the last week of June. When the first paycheck arrives depends on the hospital's payroll schedule, so budget for a few weeks of moving costs without one.
About 6 months after graduation
Federal loan grace period ends
Payments start 6 months after you leave school. Choose a plan before then, or request residency forbearance, during which interest accrues and months don't count toward PSLF.
First year of payments
Payments use last year's income
RAP and IBR use the adjusted gross income on your most recent tax return, which for most new residents is a student year. Payments rise after you recertify with a resident's income.
One board licenses MDs and DOs.
Related
- Compare RAP, IBR and Tiered Standard on a resident's income
- South Dakota physician non-compete law, for when you sign your first attending contract
- All states
General information, checked on the date above. Board requirements and fees change; confirm with the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examinersand your program before you apply.