ARSD 44:79:10:06. Patient rooms

A patient room shall meet the following requirements: (1) A maximum room capacity is one patient; (2) A minimum area, exclusive of toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes, or vestibules, of 150 square feet (13.98 square meters) in each bedroom. Any sleeping room designed as part of a suite of rooms shall have a minimum area of 120 square feet (11.15 square meters). The minimum dimension in sleeping rooms may not be less than nine feet six inches (2.90 meters); (3) A window sill not higher than three feet (0.91 meters) above the floor. The floor shall be above grade; (4) A toilet room shall be attached to the patient room. The toilet room shall include a water closet with bedpan washer, handsink, mirror, soap dispenser, towel dispenser, and private individual storage. All new construction of toilet rooms shall be wheelchair accessible; (5) A handsink shall be provided in the room equipped with a soap dispenser and paper towel dispenser; and (6) A separate closet space or wardrobe of five square feet (.46 meters).