<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.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0 { 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.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000004 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C2 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000005 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: line-through; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:02:18"><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000000">44:73:02:18</span></a><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001">.  Occupant protection.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> Each facility </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> be constructed, arranged, equipped, maintained, and operated to avoid injury or danger to the occupants. The extent and complexity of occupant protection precautions is determined by the services offered and the physical needs of the residents admitted to the facility. The facility shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (1)  Develop and implement a written and scheduled preventive maintenance program;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (2)  Provide securely constructed and conveniently located grab bars in all toilet rooms and bathing areas used by residents;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (3)  Provide a call system for each resident bed and in all toilet rooms and bathing facilities routinely used by residents. The call system </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> be capable of being easily activated by the resident and must register at a staff station serving the unit. A wireless call system may be used;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (4)  Provide handrails firmly attached to the walls on both sides of all resident corridors;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (5)  Provide grounded or double-insulated electrical equipment or protect the equipment with ground fault circuit interrupters. Ground fault circuit interrupters </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> be provided in wet areas and for outlets within six feet of sinks;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (6)  Install an electrically</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">activated audible alarm on all unattended exit doors. Any other exterior doors </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> be locked or alarmed. The alarm </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> be audible at a designated staff station and may not automatically silence when the door is closed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (7)  </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">Prohibit the use of a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> portable space heater, portable halogen lamp, household-type electric blanket, or household-type heating pad </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">in the</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> facility;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (8)  </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">Ensure that a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">ny light fixture located over a resident bed, in any bathing or treatment area, in a clean supply storage room, in any </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">clean </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">laundry </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> linen storage area, or in any medication set-up area </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> equipped with a lens cover or a shatterproof lamp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (9)  </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">Ensure a</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">ny clothes dryer </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">has</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> a galvanized metal </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">transition duct</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> for exhaust</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> or UL 218-rated flexible transition duct</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    (10)  </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">Ensure that t</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">he storage and transfilling of oxygen cylinders or containers meet</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> the requirements of the NFPA 99 Health Care </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">Facilities Code</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">, 2012 Edition</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">, chapter 11</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> 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; 15 SDR 155, effective April 20, 1989; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 24 SDR 90, effective January 4, 1998; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; 27 SDR 59, effective December 17, 2000; 28 SDR 83, effective December 16, 2001; 29 SDR 81, effective December 11, 2002; 30 SDR 84, effective December 4, 2003; 32 SDR 128, effective January 30, 2006; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:02:17"><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000003">44:04:02:17</span></a><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">    </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001">Reference: NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001"> </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000001">Code</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">, 2012 edition, National Fire Protection Association. Copies may be obtained</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000004">at </span><a href="https://www.nfpa.org/product/nfpa-99-code/p0099code?Edition=2012&amp;Language=English&amp;Format=Softbound&amp;type=digital"><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C2">https://www.nfpa.org/product/nfpa-99-code/p0099code?Edition=2012&amp;Language=English&amp;Format=Softbound&amp;type=digital</span></a><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">. Cost:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000005"> </span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0-000004">$149.00</span><span class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s3a0bf5d6-4d98-4810-9c6c-27c492cc41d2000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>