South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:79 - Inpatient hospice facilities
Chapter 44:79:10 - Construction standards
Section 44:79:10:08 - Service area in care units

(1) Staff station work area with handwashing fixture, charting space, communication and security equipment, supply storage, and locked medication storage, including refrigerated storage and dispensing area;

(2) Staff toilet room convenient to work area. The toilet room shall be accessible and shall contain a handwashing fixture with mirror, soap and towel dispenser, and toilet with at least a side grab bar and toilet paper dispenser;

(3) Clean linen storage or linen cart storage room;

(4) Housekeeping room for supply and equipment storage. A floor receptor or service sink shall be provided and the adjacent wall surfaces shall be impervious to protect from water damage. The space could be arranged as part of a soiled utility room;

(5) Bathing room for each thirty patients with whirlpool bath fixture equipped with a patient lift for patient and staff safety;

(6) Clean workroom for the storage and assembly of supplies for nursing procedures which contains a work counter and sink;

(7) Soiled workroom with a work counter and handwashing facility, a waste receptacle, soiled linen receptacles, a clinical sink with an exposed water trap seal, siphon jet or blowout action, and a bedpan flushing device;

(8) Nourishment station containing food storage space, refrigerated storage, microwave, self-dispensing ice machine, and a sink;

(9) Equipment storage room for patient care equipment; and

(10) Multipurpose rooms for staff, patients, and patients' families for conferences, reports, education, training sessions, and consultation.