A resident room must meet the following requirements:

1. (1) A maximum room capacity not exceeding two residents;
2. (2) A minimum area, exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes, or vestibules, of 120 square feet or 10.8 square meters in each one-bed room and 200 square feet or 18.58 square meters in each two-bed room. Any sleeping room designed as part of a suite of rooms shall have a minimum area of 100 square feet in each one-bed room and 140 square feet or 13 square meters in each two-bed room. The minimum dimension in a sleeping room may be not less than nine feet six inches or 2.74 meters;
3. (3) Privacy curtains shall be provided if requested by the resident. Privacy curtains or equivalent built-in devices, if installed, must provide full visual privacy that allows access to the toilet room and corridor without entering the roommate's space;
4. (4) A window sill not higher than three feet (0.91 meters) above the floor. The floor shall be above grade;
5. (5) A call cord at each bed for staff calling stations;
6. (6) A toilet room and lavatory. Each resident toilet room must be directly accessible for each resident without going through the general corridor. In remodeling projects, one toilet room with handsinks in a resident room may serve two resident rooms, but not more than four beds. For new construction, a toilet room may not be shared between resident rooms. All new resident toilet rooms must be wheelchair accessible;
7. (7) A wardrobe or closet for each resident with an area of at least five square feet or 0.465 square meters; and
8. (8) Each resident room door located not more than 200 feet or 45.72 meters from the staff station.

Source: 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019.

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(3).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(3).

Prior versions effective: 2012-01-09.