(a) If it is determined after an investigation that the complaint is meritorious and that a private reprimand is warranted, a written report of the findings and proposed action shall be prepared and served by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail upon the accused judge.(b) The accused judge shall have twenty days in which to accede or object to the findings and proposed action of a proposed private reprimand; silence shall be deemed to be an agreement with the findings and proposed action. After twenty days or upon agreement the commission shall report its findings to the Supreme Court. Upon filing, the findings constitute a private reprimand. The private reprimand shall not be available for public inspection but is available for consideration by the Supreme Court and commission in any future disciplinary actions against the judge.(c) A judge may accede to a private reprimand either affirmatively or by silence within twenty days of service of the commission's findings and proposal of private reprimand, or the judge may within the same twenty-day period demand as of right that formal proceedings be initiated.SDCL tit. 16, ch. 1A, app TO CHAPTER 16-1A, III, 21