S.D. Admin. R. 44:75:14:24

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 44:75:14:24 - Emergency electrical circuit connections

Emergency electrical service shall be furnished to circuits as follows:

(1) Lighting of exit ways and all necessary ways of approach to them, including exit signs and exit direction signs, exterior of exits, exit doorways, stairways, and corridors;

(2) Surgical, obstetrical, and emergency room operating lights;

(3) Lighting for nursery, laboratory, recovery room, intensive care areas, nursing stations, medication preparation areas, and labor rooms;

(4) Lighting for the generator set location, the switch gear location, and the boiler room;

(5) Equipment essential to life safety and for protection of important equipment or vital materials;

(6) Nurses calling system;

(7) Alarm system, including fire alarms actuated at manual stations;

(8) Water flow alarm devices of sprinkler system if electrically operated;

(9) Fire detecting and smoke detecting systems;

(10) Paging or speaker systems if intended for issuing instructions during emergency conditions;

(11) Alarms required for nonflammable medical gas systems, if installed;

(12) Receptacles for incubators for infants;

(13) Pump for central suction system;

(14) Sewage or sump lift pump, if installed;

(15) Receptacles for blood bank refrigerator;

(16) At least two duplex receptacles for the laboratory;

(17) Receptacles in operating, recovery, intensive care, and delivery rooms except those for X ray;

(18) At least one duplex receptacle in each nursery;

(19) Duplex receptacles in patient corridors; and

(20) Equipment, such as burners and pumps, necessary for operation of one or more boilers required for heating and sterilization and their necessary auxiliaries and controls.

S.D. Admin. R. 44:75:14:24

42 SDR 51, effective 10/13/2015

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13(1), (3), and (14).

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13(1), (3), and (14).