Calendar of Events
Certified Food Manager Food Service Training
South Dakota Administrative Rules - notices of rulemaking and scheduled hearings
South Dakota State Park activities and events
Health observances for 2015 (National Health Information Center)
March 2015
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
March 2-8 — National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
March 6 — National Dress in Blue Day (colorectal cancer screening awareness)
March 10 — National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 11 — South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners meeting, Sioux Falls
March 15-21— National Flood Safety Awareness Week
March 15-21— National Poison Prevention Week
March 16 — South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy meeting
March 20 — National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 24 — Spring Tobacco Control Institute
March 24 — American Diabetes Alert Day
March 24 — World Tuberculosis Day
April 2015
National Minority Health Month
Oral, Head & Neck Cancer Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Month
April 1 — National Walking Day
April 6-12 — National Public Health Week
April 7 — World Health Day
April 7 — National Healthy Schools Day
April 10 — National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
April 10 — American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science-South Dakota spring symposium, Watertown
April 17 — South Dakota Board of Examiners in Optometry meeting, 9am (Central), Pierre
April 18-25 — National Infant Immunization Week
April 21 — South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators meeting, 1-3pm (Central), Pierre
April 22-23 — Advanced Trauma Life Support Class, Sioux Falls
May 2015
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
May 4-10 — Screen-Free Week
May 5 — Hand Hygiene Day
May 6 — National Bike to School Day
May 7 — WORKWELL Partnership Summit: Workplace Wellness that Works, Rapid City Civic Center; contact eweiss@tie.net
May 10-16 — National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
May 10-16 — National Women's Health Week
May 11 — National Women's Check-up Day
May 18 — HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
May 17-23 — Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week
May 17-23 — National Emergency Medical Services Week
May 22 — Heat Safety Awareness Day
May 28 — National Senior Health and Fitness Day
May 31 — World No Tobacco Day
June 2015
June 1- July 4 — Fireworks Safety Month
June 1 —1 National Cancer Survivors Day
June 10-11 — Advanced Trauma Life Support class, Spearfish
June 15 — South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy meeting
June 15-21 — Men's Health Week
June 19 — South Dakota State Board of Dentistry meeting, Pierre
June 19 — World Sickle Cell Day
July 2015
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
July 28 — World Hepatitis Day
August 2015
National Immunization Awareness Month
August 1-7 — World Breastfeeding Week
August 9-15 — National Health Center Week
September 2015
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Fruit and Veggies—More Matters Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/National Head Lice Prevention Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
September 9-10 — Advanced Trauma Life Support Class, Sioux Falls
September 15 — South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators teleconference, 10 a.m. - noon (Central)
September 15 — Get Ready Day
September 20-26 — National Farm Safety and Health Week
September 21 — South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy meeting
September 22 — South Dakota Mosquito Control Workshop and Conference, Aberdeen Recreation & Cultural Center (225 3rd Ave SE)
September 24 — National Women's Health & Fitness Day USA®
September 27 — Family Health & Fitness Day USA®
September 28 — World Rabies Day
September 29 — World Heart Day
October 2015
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
October 1-2 — South Dakota Infection Control Council Conference, Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Sioux Falls
October 7 — International Walk to School Day
October 16 — South Dakota State Board of Dentistry meeting, Pierre
October 18-24 International Infection Prevention Wwek
November 2015
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
November 11-12 — Advanced Trauma Life Support Class, Sioux Falls
November 20 — Great American Smokeout
December 2015
December 1 — World AIDS Day
December 7-13 — National Influenza Vaccination Week
December 14 — South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy meeting
January 2016
January 15 — South Dakota State Board of Dentistry meeting, Pierre