44:79:10:08.  Service area in care units. Each care unit shall contain following:

          (1)  Staff station work area with handwashing fixture, charting space, communication and security equipment, supply storage, and locked medication storage, including refrigerated storage and dispensing area;

          (2)  Staff toilet room convenient to work area. The toilet room shall be accessible and shall contain a handwashing fixture with mirror, soap and towel dispenser, and toilet with at least a side grab bar and toilet paper dispenser;

          (3)  Clean linen storage or linen cart storage room;

          (4)  Housekeeping room for supply and equipment storage. A floor receptor or service sink shall be provided and the adjacent wall surfaces shall be impervious to protect from water damage. The space could be arranged as part of a soiled utility room;

          (5)  Bathing room for each thirty patients with whirlpool bath fixture equipped with a patient lift for patient and staff safety;

          (6)  Clean workroom for the storage and assembly of supplies for nursing procedures which contains a work counter and sink;

          (7)  Soiled workroom with a work counter and handwashing facility, a waste receptacle, soiled linen receptacles, a clinical sink with an exposed water trap seal, siphon jet or blowout action, and a bedpan flushing device;

          (8)  Nourishment station containing food storage space, refrigerated storage, microwave, self-dispensing ice machine, and a sink;

          (9)  Equipment storage room for patient care equipment; and

          (10)  Multipurpose rooms for staff, patients, and patients' families for conferences, reports, education, training sessions, and consultation.

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

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

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