44:76:12:17.  Emergency electrical circuit connections. Emergency electrical service shall be furnished to circuits as follows:

          (1)  Lighting of exit ways and all necessary ways of approach to them, including exit signs and exit direction signs, exterior of exits, exit doorways, stairways, and corridors;

          (2)  Surgical room operating lights;

          (3)  Lighting for laboratory, recovery room, staff stations, and medication preparation areas;

          (4)  Lighting for the generator set location, the switch gear location, and the boiler room;

          (5)  Equipment essential to life safety and for protection of important equipment or vital materials;

          (6)  Staff calling system;

          (7)  Alarm system, including fire alarms actuated at manual stations;

          (8)  Water flow alarm devices of sprinkler system if electrically operated;

          (9)  Fire detecting and smoke detecting systems;

          (10)  Paging or speaker systems if intended for issuing instructions during emergency conditions;

          (11)  Alarms required for nonflammable medical gas systems, if installed;

          (12)  Pump for central suction system;

          (13)  Sewage or sump lift pump, if installed;

          (14)  Receptacles for blood bank refrigerator;

          (15)  At least two duplex receptacles for the laboratory;

          (16)  Receptacles in operating and recovery rooms except those for X ray;

          (17)  Duplex receptacles in patient corridors; and

          (18)  Equipment, such as burners and pumps, necessary for operation of one or more boilers required for heating and sterilization and their necessary auxiliaries and controls.

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

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(1), (3), and (14).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(1), (3), and (14).