South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:75 - Hospital, specialized Hospital critical access Hospital, and rural emergency Hospital facilities
Chapter 44:75:13 - Construction Standards
Section 44:75:13:06 - Patient rooms

(1) A maximum room capacity not exceeding two patients;

(2) A minimum area, exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes, or vestibules, of one hundred twenty square feet or 10.8 square meters in each one-bed room and two hundred square feet or 18.58 square meters in each two-bed room. The minimum dimension in patient rooms may not be less than nine feet six inches or 2.90 meters;

(3) For each bed in a two-bed room cubicle curtains or equivalent built-in devices for full visual privacy that allow access to the toilet room and corridor without entering the roommate's space;

(4) windowsill not higher than three feet or 0.91 meters above the floor. The floor shall be above grade;

(5) A call button at each bed for personnel calling stations;

(6) A toilet room and lavatory. Each patient toilet room shall be directly accessible for each patient without going through the general corridor. In a remodeling project, a one toilet room with hand sink in a patient room may serve two patient rooms, but not more than four beds. For new construction, a toilet room may not be shared between patient rooms. Each patient toilet room shall include a water closet, hand sink, mirror, and private individual storage. In two-bed rooms a separate hand sink shall be provided in the patient room. All new construction of toilet rooms used by patients shall be wheelchair accessible;

(7) A locker, wardrobe, or closet for each patient; and

(8) Each patient room door located not more than one hundred fifty feet or 45.72 meters from the nurse's station.

The department may approve a modification of the requirements listed in subdivisions (1) to (8), inclusive, of this section for any special care room upon receipt of a written request.