A facility shall ensure the dietary area is completely cleanable by conventional methods. The location and design of the dietary area must enable convenient handling of incoming supplies, preparation of meals, tray service, and disposal of rubbish and garbage. Equipment and space provided must include:

1. (1) In a dietary area serving twenty beds or more, a dishwashing area with a commercial dishwasher supplied with one hundred eighty degrees Fahrenheit, or eighty-two degrees centigrade, rinse water or a chemical sanitizing cycle; a soiled dish table with at least seven feet, or 2.13 meters, of work space; a garbage disposal; a garbage can; a clean dish table with room for at least three dish racks; and handwashing facilities. A dietary area located in a resident area serving sixteen residents or less may use an undercounter commercial dishwasher;
2. (2) A dry food storage area with at least one and one-half linear feet, or .46 meters, of shelving twenty inches, or .51 meters, wide for each resident bed and a functional aisle;
3. (3) Refrigerated storage space providing at least one and one-half cubic feet, or .042 cubic meters, of refrigerated space and one-half cubic feet, or .014 cubic meters, of freezer space per resident bed with sufficient refrigerated storage space located within the food production area for convenient food preparation;
4. (4) Aisles within the dietary area not less than three feet, or .91 meters, wide. Aisles adjoining equipment locations with doors or aisles utilized for cart traffic shall be at least four feet, or 1.22 meters, wide;
5. (5) Pot and pan washing facilities that include a three-compartment sink with eighteen inch drainboards on both sides and drying and storage facilities for pots and pans;
6. (6) A vegetable preparation area with a two-compartment sink with drainboards on both sides;
7. (7) Cart storage areas;
8. (8) Waste disposal facilities;
9. (9) Employee dining facilities;
10. (10) Dietary manager's office or desk;
11. (11) Janitor's closet with storage for housekeeping supplies and equipment and floor receptor or service sink;
12. (12) Food production equipment sized and designed to prepare a complete meal for the total bed complement and for personnel, guests, day-care residents, or other catering services;
13. (13) Appropriate food holding and transportation equipment capable of protecting food from contamination and of maintaining proper food temperatures at forty-one degrees Fahrenheit, or five degrees centigrade, or below and hot food at one hundred thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit, or 57.2 degrees centigrade, or above during the total serving period;
14. (14) Ventilation equipment sized and designed to effectively remove steam, heat, cooking vapors, and grease from food production areas, dishwashing areas, and serving areas;
15. (15) Handwashing facilities that are convenient to each work area, consisting of hot and cold running water, a towel dispenser with single-service towels or a hand drying device, and wall-mounted hand cleanser;
16. (16) In dietary areas serving seventeen beds or more, a personnel toilet facility convenient to the dietary department; and

17. (17) In dietary areas serving seventeen beds or more, an ice maker with bin or self-dispensing ice maker. A built-in dispensing ice maker in a refrigerator may be used in any facility or resident neighborhood with a capacity of less than seventeen beds. Any ice maker accessible to residents or visitors must be self-dispensing.

    The facility may request in writing modifications to the specifications required by this section if additional kitchen services are provided to residents in a resident neighborhood setting. The facility shall have appliances that allow for the storing, refrigeration, preparation, cooking, and disposal of food products based on the facility's food service plan.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; 31 SDR 62, effective November 7, 2004; transferred from § 44:04:13:05 , 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.