<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.s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0 { 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.s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5a000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:01:04"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000000">44:73:01:04</span></a><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000001">.  Bed capacity.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0"> The </span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">facility</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0"> shall establish the bed capacity </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">for the facility in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:12"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002">44:73:12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">. The resident census may not exceed the bed capacity for which the facility is licensed. A request by the facility for an adjustment in bed capacity because of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">a </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">change of purpose or construction </span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0"> be approved by the department before any changes are made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5a000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">    </span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 14, effective September 14, 1977; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; 31 SDR 62, effective November 7, 2004; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:01:04"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002">44:04:01:04</span></a><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">    </span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002">34-12-7</span></a><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">    </span><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-1-17"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002">34-1-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-7"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002">34-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-14"><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0-000002">34-12-14</span></a><span class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5aP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3f37c89c-76f0-4506-a0de-3fc946330d5a000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>