Each facility shall be constructed, equipped, and operated to maintain the privacy and dignity of all patients. In a multi-patient recovery room, each patient recovery area shall be able to be separated from the other patients by privacy curtains.

Source: 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015.

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(1) and (3).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(1) and (3).