ARSD 44:70:03:02.01. Staffing exceptions

The following are staffing exceptions for facilities as referenced in § 44:70:03:02: (1) For each facility with ten beds or fewer, at least one healthcare personnel must be on duty. The person may sleep at night if: (a) The facility fire alarm promptly alerts staff; (b) Exterior door alarms are audible in the staff bedroom; (c) A staff call system is available; (d) The staff bedroom has an egress window; and (e) The residents have an evacuation score that shows them capable of prompt evacuation of three minutes or less as defined in § 3.3.76, evacuation capability, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition; (2) For each facility with eleven to sixteen beds, inclusive, at least one healthcare personnel, who is awake, must be on duty if: (a) The facility fire alarm promptly alerts staff; (b) A staff call system is available; and (c) The residents have an evacuation score which shows them capable of prompt evacuation of three minutes or less as defined in § 3.3.76, evacuation capability, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition; (3) For each facility with sixteen beds or fewer, that is a stand-alone facility not physically attached to a nursing facility or hospital, at least one healthcare personnel, who is awake, must be on duty if: (a) The facility fire alarm promptly alerts staff; (b) The facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system as defined in § 9.7, automatic sprinklers, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition; (c) An automatic fire alarm dialer as defined in § 9.6.4, Emergency Forces Notification, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition, to summon the local fire department is provided; (d) A staff call system is available; and (e) The residents have an evacuation time that shows them capable of evacuation in five minutes or less; (4) For each facility with sixteen beds or fewer, physically attached to a nursing facility or hospital, at least one healthcare personnel, who is awake, must be on duty if: (a) The facility fire alarm promptly alerts staff; (b) The facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, as defined in § 9.7, automatic sprinklers, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition; (c) An automatic fire alarm dialer as defined in § 9.6.4, Emergency Forces Notification, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition, to summon the local fire department is provided; (d) A fire annunciator panel is provided at the nursing facility or hospital nurses station; (e) A call system is available; and (f) The residents have an evacuation time that shows them capable of evacuation in eight minutes or less; and (5) For each facility with seventeen to twenty-five beds, physically attached to a nursing facility or hospital, one healthcare personnel who is awake, is required during the hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. if: (a) The facility fire alarm promptly alerts staff; (b) The facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, as defined in § 9.7, automatic sprinklers, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition; (c) An automatic fire alarm dialer as defined in § 9.6.4, Emergency Force Notification, of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code, 2012 edition, to summon the local fire department is provided; (d) The fire alarm annunciator panel is provided at the nursing facility or hospital staff station; (e) The residents have an evacuation time that shows them capable of evacuation in eight minutes or less; (f) An approved call system is provided in accordance with subdivision 44:70:02:17(3) and staff carries a device that registers an audible and visual signal if the call system is activated; (g) The building is a single story; (h) Each resident is capable of self-preservation and requires limited assistance of one staff; (i) The facility has a plan in place to increase staffing during times of resident illnesses; (j) The facility has exit alarms; and (k) The healthcare personnel carries a device that can summon assistance from the attached nursing facility or hospital.