<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.s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0 { 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.s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000003 { 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="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:73:12:19"><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000000">44:73:12:19</span></a><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000001">.  Ceiling heights.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> The </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">height of </span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">ceilings of corridors, storage rooms, resident toilet rooms, and other minor rooms</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> in a facility</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> may not be less than seven feet, eight inches</span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">or </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">2.34 meters. The </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">height of </span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">ceilings of all other rooms may not be less than seven feet, ten inches</span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">or </span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">2.39 meters.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">    </span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 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; transferred from § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:04:13:14"><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000003">44:04:13:14</span></a><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">, 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015</span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">    </span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">    </span><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-12-13"><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0-000003">34-12-13</span></a><span class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4c9adab4-a0a0-4485-98fc-e85c9cf09df4000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>