Ceiling heights of operating rooms, delivery rooms, cystoscopic rooms, radiographic rooms, and rooms with ceiling-mounted surgical light fixtures shall be at least nine feet (2.74 meters).

The ceilings in isolation rooms, X-ray film processing rooms, central sterilization rooms, and operating rooms shall be an epoxy painted gypsum board membrane or an equivalent material for ease of cleaning and for improved maintenance of clean surfaces below the ceilings.

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; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 29 SDR 81, effective December 11, 2002; transferred from § 44:04:14:17, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015.

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

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(3).