A resident room in the facility 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 one hundred twenty square feet, or 10.8 square meters, in each one-bed room and two hundred square feet, or 18.58 square meters, in each two-bed room. Any sleeping room designed as part of a suite of rooms must have a minimum area of one hundred square feet, or 9.29 square meters, in each one-bed room and one hundred sixty square feet, or 14.86 square meters, in each two-bed room. The minimum dimension of a sleeping room is nine feet six inches, or 2.90 meters;
3. (3) For each bed in a two-bed room, cubicle curtains or equivalent built-in devices for full visual privacy that allow access to the toilet room and corridor without entering the roommate's space;
4. (4) A windowsill not higher than three feet, or 0.91 meters, above the floor;
5. (5) A floor that is above grade;
6. (6) A call button at each bed for personnel calling stations;
7. (7) A toilet room and lavatory. Each resident toilet room must be directly accessible to each resident without going through the general corridor. In a remodeling project, a one-toilet room with hand sink 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. Each resident toilet room must have a water closet, hand sink, mirror, and private individual storage. In two-bed rooms, a separate hand sink must be provided in the resident room. All toilet rooms used by residents must be wheelchair accessible;
8. (8) A wardrobe or closet for each resident with an area of at least five square feet, or .465 square meters; and
9. (9) Each resident room door located not more than one hundred fifty feet, or 45.72 meters, from the nurse's station.

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; 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; 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; transferred from § 44:04:13:02 , 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.