S.D. Admin. R. 44:02:07:53

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

Section 44:02:07:53 - General equipment - Installation and location

Equipment, a cabinet used for storage of food, or a cabinet that is used to store cleaned and sanitized equipment, utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles may not be located in locker rooms; toilet rooms; garbage rooms; mechanical rooms; under sewer lines that are not shielded to intercept potential drips; under leaking water lines, including leaking automatic fire sprinkler heads, or under lines on which water has condensed; under open stairwells; or under other sources of contamination. Equipment must be installed and located as described:

(1) If a mechanical clothes washer or dryer is provided, it must be located only where there is no exposed food; no clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and no unwrapped single-service and single-use articles;

(2) A unit of equipment that is fixed because it is not easily movable must be installed as follows:

(a) Spaced to allow access for cleaning along the sides, behind, and above the unit;

(b) Spaced from adjoining equipment, walls, and ceilings a distance of not more than one millimeter or 1/32 inch; or

(c) Sealed to adjoining equipment or walls if the unit is exposed to spillage or seepage;

(3) Table-mounted equipment that is not easily movable must be installed to allow cleaning of the equipment and areas underneath and around the equipment by being sealed to the table or elevated on legs as specified under subdivisions (4) or (5) of this section;

(4) Floor-mounted equipment that is not easily movable must be sealed to the floor or elevated on legs that provide at least a 15 centimeter (6 inch) clearance between the floor and the equipment. If no part of the floor under the floor-mounted equipment is more than 15 centimeters (6 inches) from the point of cleaning access, the clearance space may be only 10 centimeters (4 inches). This subdivision does not apply to display shelving units, display refrigeration units, and display freezer units located in the consumer shopping areas of a retail food store if the floor under the units is kept clean; and

(5) Table-mounted equipment that is not easily movable must be elevated on legs that provide at least a 10 centimeter (4 inch) clearance between the table and the equipment.

S.D. Admin. R. 44:02:07:53

23 SDR 195, effective 5/26/1997.

General Authority: SDCL 34-1-17, 34-18-22.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-18-22, 34-18-25.