ARSD 44:76:12:09. Details and finishes

Ceiling heights of operating rooms, cystoscopic rooms, radiographic rooms, and rooms with ceiling-mounted surgical light fixtures shall be at least nine feet (2.74 meters). The ceilings in isolation rooms, X-ray film processing rooms, central sterilization rooms, and operating rooms shall be an epoxy painted gypsum board membrane or an equivalent material for ease of cleaning and for improved maintenance of clean surfaces below the ceilings.