A facility shall provde artificial lighting approved by the department in any space occupied by people, machinery, or equipment within a building, approach to the building, and any parking lot. Each resident bedroom must have general lighting of at least ten footcandles, or .929 lumens per square meter, and night lighting. If task illumination is required, a light with an intensity of at least thirty footcandles, or 2.79 lumens per square meter, at the work surface must be provided for each resident. At least one luminaire for night lighting must be switched at the entrance to each resident room. Any resident's reading light and other fixed light not switched at the door must have a switch control convenient for use at the luminaire. Each switch for control of lighting in a resident area must be of the quiet operating type. Illumination of at least one hundred footcandles, or 9.29 lumens per square meter, must be provided at the medication set-up area. Illumination of at least fifty footcandles, or 4.65 lumens per square meter, must be provided at an activity room work table. Illumination of at least thirty footcandles, or 2.79 lumens per square meter, must be provided in each dining area, physical and restorative therapy area, and at any bathing facility.

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; 24 SDR 90, effective January 4, 1998; 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; transferred from § 44:04:13:41 , 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.