44:82:06:08.  Quality of life. A community living home shall provide care and an environment that contributes to the resident's quality of life, including:

          (1)  A safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment;

          (2)  Maintenance or enhancement of the resident's ability to preserve individuality, to preserve autonomy, to exercise self-determination, to control the physical environment, to have everyday physical and social needs met, to perform daily activities, and to interact with whomever the resident chooses;

          (3)  Freedom from physical or chemical restraints unless ordered and implemented by qualified, trained personnel on an emergency basis, in order to protect the resident or others from immediate bodily injury;

          (4)  Freedom from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse and from involuntary seclusion, neglect, or exploitation imposed by anyone, and theft of personal property;

          (5)  Retention and use of personal possessions, including furnishings and clothing, as space permits, unless to do so would infringe upon the rights or health and safety of other residents; and

          (6)  Support and coordination to assure pain is recognized and addressed appropriately.

          Source: 44 SDR 66, effective October 17, 2017.

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(15).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(15).