South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 44 - Department of Health
Article 44:82 - COMMUNITY LIVING HOME
Chapter 44:82:06 - RESIDENT RIGHTS
Section 44:82:06:07 - Privacy and confidentiality

(1) Send and receive unopened mail and to have access to stationery, postage, and writing implements at the residents own expense;

(2) Privately access and use a telephone or computer;

(3) Visit a spouse or friend, if both are residents of the same home, to share a room with the spouse or friend, within the capacity of the home, upon the consent of both residents;

(4) Except in an emergency, have room doors locked and to require knocking and permission before entering the residents room;

(5) Have only authorized staff or other individuals of the residents choosing present during treatment or activities of personal hygiene;

(6) Retire and rise according to the residents wishes, as long as the resident does not disturb other residents;

(7) Meet, associate, and communicate with any person of the residents choice in a private place within the home;

(8) To come and go from the home as the resident chooses, consistent with any restrictions related to specific assessed needs identified in the plan of care; and

(9) To participate in social, religious, and community activities which do not interfere with the rights of other residents in the home.