<html> <head> <title>Rule 44:70:10:02 Resident rooms.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 44:70:10:02"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 44:70:10:02 Resident rooms."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>44:70:10:02.&nbsp;&nbsp;Resident rooms.</b> A resident room </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'>must</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman",serif'> meet the following requirements:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;A maximum room capacity not exceeding two residents;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;A minimum area, exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes, or vestibules, of 120 square feet </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>10.8 square meters in each one-bed room and 200 square feet </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>18.58 square meters in each two-bed room. Any sleeping room designed as part of a suite of rooms shall have a minimum area of 100 square feet in each one-bed room and 140 square feet </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>13 square meters in each two-bed room. The minimum dimension in a sleeping room may be not less than nine feet six inches </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>2.74 meters;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Privacy curtains shall be provided if requested by the resident. Privacy curtains or equivalent built-in devices</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> if installed</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, must</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> provide full visual privacy that allow</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>s</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> access to the toilet room and corridor without entering the roommate's space;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> window sill not higher than three feet (0.91 meters) above the floor. The floor shall be above grade;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> call cord at each bed for staff calling stations;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> toilet room and lavatory. Each resident toilet room </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>must</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> be directly accessible for each resident without going through the general corridor. In remodeling projects, one toilet room with handsinks in a resident room may serve two resident rooms, but not more than four beds. For new construction, a toilet room may not be shared between resident rooms.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> All new resident toilet rooms must be wheelchair accessible</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (7)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>A</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>wardrobe</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> or closet for each resident</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> with an area of at least five square feet or 0.465 square meters</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; and</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (8)&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>E</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>ach resident room door located not more than 200 feet </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>45.72 meters from the staff station.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34-12-13">34-12-13(3).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34-12-13">34-12-13(3).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>