A facility shall provide a laundry with:

1. (1) A soiled linen holding room with a storage capacity of one and three quarters square feet, or .1626 square meters, of floor area for each bed, to be used for storage, sorting, and weighing of soiled linen;
2. (2) A linen cart storage;
3. (3) A janitor's closet with storage for housekeeping supplies and equipment and a floor receptor or service sink convenient to the laundry;
4. (4) Storage for laundry supplies;
5. (5) A lavatory conveniently accessible to soiled, clean, and processing rooms;
6. (6) A laundry processing room with separate soiled and clean work areas with commercial equipment. Each clothes dryer must have a galvanized metal vent pipe for exhaust; and.

7. (7) A clinical sink with an exposed water trap seal, siphon jet or blow action, and sprayer device.

   The space and equipment layout must be sized and designed to produce quality linen with a work flow that minimizes potential for cross-contamination of clean linen by soiled linen, contaminated equipment, contaminated air, or splash. The laundry department must be capable of processing ten pounds, or 4.54 kilograms, of soiled linen for each bed during a normal work day. A facility may request a modification to the standard if the laundry services are contracted to an outside organization. A request must be in writing and approved by the department.

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; 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; transferred from § 44:04:13:06 , 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.