A facility shall ensure a patient room has:

1. (1) A maximum room capacity not exceeding two patients;
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. The minimum dimension of a patient 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 calling personnel stations;
7. (7) A toilet room and lavatory. Each patient toilet room must be directly accessible for each patient without going through the general corridor. In a remodeling project, a one toilet room with hand sink in a patient room may serve two patient rooms, but not more than four beds. For new construction, a toilet room may not be shared between patient rooms. Each patient 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 patient room. All new construction of toilet rooms used by patients must be wheelchair accessible;
8. (8) A locker, wardrobe, or closet for each patient; and
9. (9) Each patient room door located not more than one hundred fifty feet or 45.72 meters from the nurse's station.

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

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 (3).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2015-10-13.