WAC 246-337-125   Toilet rooms and bathrooms.  The licensee must ensure that private or common-use toilet rooms and bathrooms are available to residents including:

     (1) Provision for a minimum of one toilet (water closet) and handwashing sink for every eight residents, or fraction thereof. Urinals may count for up to one-third of the required toilets in a male-only toilet room.

     (2) A toilet and handwashing sink in, or immediately accessible to each bathroom.

     (3) A minimum of one bathing fixture for every eight residents.

     (4) Rooms containing more than one water closet or more than one bathing area must:

     (a) Be designated for use by one gender, unless it is a toilet specifically designated for children under the age of six years;

     (b) Provide for privacy during toileting, bathing, and dressing through the use of doors or dividers;

     (5) Each toilet room and bathroom must be equipped with:

     (a) Water resistant, smooth, easily cleanable, slip-resistant bathtubs, showers, and floor surfaces;

     (b) Washable walls to the height of splash or spray;

     (c) Washable cabinets and counter tops;

     (d) Plumbing fixtures designed for easy cleaning;

     (e) Clean, nonabsorbent toilet seats free of cracks;

     (f) Grab bars installed at each water closet and bathing fixture;

     (g) Shatter resistant mirrors when appropriate;

     (h) Adequate lighting for general illumination;

     (i) One or more handwashing sink with soap and single use or disposable towels with a mounted paper towel dispenser, unless a blower or equivalent hand-drying device is provided;

     (j) Toilet tissue with a reachable mounted tissue dispenser by each toilet.

     (6) Reasonable access to bath and toilet rooms must be provided by:

     (a) Locating a toilet room and bathing facilities on the same floor or level as the sleeping room of the resident; and

     (b) Providing access without passage through any food preparation area or from one bedroom through another bedroom.

     (7) If a toilet room or bathing facility adjoins a bedroom, the bathing facility is restricted to use by those residents residing in the adjoining bedrooms.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 71.12 RCW. 05-15-157, § 246-337-125, filed 7/20/05, effective 8/20/05.]