A facility must arrange each seclusion room for the safety of the patient and to prevent patient hiding, escape, injury, or suicide. The room must be without sharp corners. The room door must swing out of the patient room, but not into a general traffic corridor. Each room door must permit staff observation of the patient while still providing for patient privacy. Each finish fastener and hardware must be tamper resistant. Security fixtures must be provided for lighting. Nine foot ceiling heights must be provided. An anteroom at the seclusion room entrance must be provided to allow staff-controlled access to the seclusion room toilet facility. Any lock on a seclusion room must be controlled by staff at the door location and must unlock when released by the staff person. A locking device may be manual or automatic.

Source: 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015 ; 50 SDR 62, effective November 27, 2023 .

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 (1)(14).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2015-10-13.