An ambulance licensee must keep both the ambulance interior and exterior and the equipment clean and in working order. All blankets, linens, airways, oxygen masks, nasal cannulas, or other equipment coming in direct patient contact must be single-use, disposable, or cleaned, laundered, and disinfected after each use.

Source: 2 SDR 26, effective October 9, 1975; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 20 SDR 204, effective June 9,1994.

General Authority: SDCL 34-11-5.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-11-5.