Each facility must be constructed, arranged, equipped, maintained, and operated to avoid injury or danger to the occupants. The extent and complexity of occupant protection precautions is determined by the services offered and the physical needs of the residents admitted to the facility. The facility shall:

1. (1) Develop and implement a written and scheduled preventive maintenance program;
2. (2) Provide securely constructed and conveniently located grab bars in all toilet rooms and bathing areas used by residents;
3. (3) Provide a call system for each resident bed and in all toilet rooms and bathing facilities routinely used by residents. The call system must be capable of being easily activated by the resident and must register at a staff station serving the unit. A wireless call system may be used;
4. (4) Provide handrails firmly attached to the walls on both sides of all resident corridors;
5. (5) Provide grounded or double-insulated electrical equipment or protect the equipment with ground fault circuit interrupters. Ground fault circuit interrupters must be provided in wet areas and for outlets within six feet of sinks;
6. (6) Install an electrically-activated audible alarm on all unattended exit doors. Any other exterior doors must be locked or alarmed. The alarm must be audible at a designated staff station and may not automatically silence when the door is closed;
7. (7) Prohibit the use of a portable space heater, portable halogen lamp, household-type electric blanket, or household-type heating pad in the facility;
8. (8) Ensure that any light fixture located over a resident bed, in any bathing or treatment area, in a clean supply storage room, in any clean laundry and linen storage area, or in any medication set-up area is equipped with a lens cover or a shatterproof lamp;
9. (9) Ensure any clothes dryer has a galvanized metal transition duct for exhaust or UL 218-rated flexible transition duct; and

10. (10) Ensure that the storage and transfilling of oxygen cylinders or containers meets the requirements of the NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code, 2012 Edition, chapter 11.

    Reference: NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code, 2012 edition, National Fire Protection Association. Copies may be obtained at https://www.nfpa.org/product/nfpa-99-code/p0099code?Edition=2012&Language=English&Format=Softbound&type=digital. Cost: $149.00.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 14, effective September 14, 1977; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 15 SDR 155, effective April 20, 1989; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 24 SDR 90, effective January 4, 1998; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 27 SDR 59, effective December 17, 2000; 28 SDR 83, effective December 16, 2001; 29 SDR 81, effective December 11, 2002; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; 32 SDR 128, effective January 30, 2006; transferred from § 44:04:02:17 , 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015 ; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024 .

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2015-10-13.