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area in care units. Each care unit must contain a service area that includes the following: (1) Staff station, staff office, or work area with convenient access to handwashing facilities; (2) Communications; (3) Storage for supplies and staff personal effects; (4) Staff or public toilet room; (5) Medicine room adjacent to the staff station with a sink, refrigerator, locked storage, and facilities for preparation and administration of medication; (6) Clean linen storage area in an enclosed storage space; (7) Equipment storage room on each resident wing or floor for storage of resident care equipment; (8) Resident bathing facilities containing one shower, bathtub, or whirlpool for each 16 beds not individually served; and (9) Janitor's closet for storage of housekeeping supplies and equipment that contains a floor receptor or service sink. The janitor's closet space and equipment may be incorporated into the laundry room.

Source: 38 SDR 115, effective January 9, 2012; 46 SDR 65, effective November 26, 2019.