South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:02 - Lodging and food service
Chapter 44:02:02 - Hotels
Section 44:02:02:10 - Vermin control
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024
Hotels must be constructed, equipped, and maintained to prevent the entrance, harborage, or breeding of flies, roaches, rats, mice, and all other insects and vermin. Specific means necessary for the elimination of such pests, such as cleaning, renovation, or fumigation, must be used. The department may require the facility to hire a professional exterminator to exterminate pests under the following conditions:
(1) The infestation is so extensive that it is unlikely that a nonprofessional can eradicate the pests effectively;
(2) The method of extermination of choice can only be carried out by a professional exterminator; or
(3) The department finds that an establishment has not been brought into compliance with a prior order to rid the establishment of pests.
Regularly scheduled professional extermination services shall be required following the determination of an excessive pest infestation by the department.
General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-18-22.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-18-22, 34-18-24.
