Section

          44:82:07:01.  Food service. The community living home shall have the space, equipment, and supplies for efficient, safe, and sanitary food preparation. Safe and sanitary food preparation, handling, and storage practices shall be used. If a community living home's food service is contracted out, the contractor shall either be a licensed food service establishment or a licensed health care facility.

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

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(5)(8).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(5)(8).

          44:82:07:02.  Nutrition requirements. Each resident shall be offered a minimum of three meals a day and have access to food at any time. Whenever possible, each meal shall include portions from each of the five basic food groups listed in the MyPlate, "Dietary Guidelines for Americans," 2010, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The owner or operator shall ensure that residents with special diets or dietary restrictions shall be fully accommodated.

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

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(8).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(8).

          44:82:07:03.  Food quality - storage. Food shall be free from spoilage and contamination and shall be safe for human consumption. Unless its identity is unmistakable, a bulk food such as cooking oil, syrup, salt, sugar, or flour not stored in the product container or package in which it was obtained shall be stored in a container identifying the food by its common name.

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

          General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(8).

          Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(8).