ARSD 44:79:02:10. Occupant protection

Each hospice shall be constructed, arranged, equipped, maintained, and operated to avoid injury or danger to the occupants. The extent and complexity of occupant protection precautions is determined by the services offered and the physical needs of the patients admitted to the facility. The hospice shall take at least the following precautions: (1) Develop and implement a written and scheduled preventive maintenance program; (2) Provide securely constructed and conveniently located grab bars in all toilet rooms and bathing areas used by patients; (3) Provide a call system for each patient bed and in all toilet rooms and bathing facilities routinely used by patients. The call system shall be capable of being easily activated by the patient and shall register at a staff station. A wireless call system may be used; (4) Ground fault circuit interrupters shall be provided in wet areas and for outlets within six feet of sinks; (5) A portable space heater, portable halogen lamp, household-type electric blanket, or household-type heating pad may not be used in a facility; (6) Any light fixture located over a patient bed, in any bathing or treatment area, in a clean supply storage room, in any laundry clean linen storage area, or in any medication set-up area shall be equipped with a lens cover or a shatterproof lamp; (7) Any clothes dryer shall have a galvanized metal vent pipe for exhaust; and (8) The storage and transfilling of oxygen cylinders or containers shall meet the requirements of the NFPA 99 Standard for Health Care Occupancies, 2012 Edition.