Verify a South Dakota Teacher (state certificate) license

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How South Dakota Teacher (state certificate) license verification works

A Teacher (state certificate) in South Dakota is licensed by the SD Childcare / Teacher Licensing. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name program_id license_type status capacity certificates certificate_date inspections compliance_plans services ages_served months_of_operation nationally_accredited address.

Board note: childcare_provider via SD-DSS-OLA: DSS Office of Licensing and Accreditation 'Child Care Provider Search' on the Licensing and Accreditation Constituent Portal (olapublic.sd.gov, server-rendered ASP.NET, plain httpx, no captcha). GET ?search=true&providerType=Child Care&status=Operational&providerName=|programID= → results table → /child-care-program-profile/<id> (Program Name, Program ID, Category, Status, Capacity, certificate + date, inspections, compliance / corrective action / stipulation documents). Family Day Care = registered to the person (program name); Licensed Center / School Age Program = organisation, no director printed → ambiguous_match; Informal / In-Home = not a licence (type mismatch). No expiry printed. Teachers are SD DOE (not covered).

What a Teacher (state certificate) license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Teacher (state certificate) license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a South Dakota Teacher (state certificate) license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "SD", "profession": "teacher", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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