<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4e000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:42:11:14"><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000000">67:42:11:14</span></a><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000001">.  Railings.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> All floor and wall openings, open-sided stairs, platforms, and decks</span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> which are </span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> inches or more above the adjacent ground level</span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> must be guarded by a railing or barrier</span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">, that conforms with applicable building code requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4e000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">    </span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> 13 SDR 197, effective July 1, 1987; 14 SDR 20, effective August 13, 1987; 21 SDR 206, effective June 4, 1995; 31 SDR 40, effective September 29, 2004; 39 SDR 220, effective June 27, 2013</span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">; 49 SDR 124, effective July 3, 2023</span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">    </span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">    </span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-16"><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0-000003">26-6-16</span></a><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">(2)(6)</span><span class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4eP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sc2ab690c-a068-4ff7-9170-534ffd6c2a4e000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>