WAC 246-358-095   Handwashing and bathing facilities.  An operator must:

     (1) Provide one handwash sink for each family dwelling unit or for every six persons in centralized facilities. Handwash sinks must be adjacent to toilets.

     (2) Provide one showerhead for each family dwelling unit or for every ten persons in centralized facilities.

     (3) Provide one "service sink" in each building used for centralized laundry, hand washing, or bathing.

     (4) Provide sloped, coved floors of nonslip impervious materials with floor drains.

     (5) Ensure shower room walls are smooth and nonabsorbent to the height of four feet. If used, partitions must be smooth and nonabsorbent to the height of four feet.

     (6) Provide all showers, baths, or shower rooms with floor drains to remove wastewater.

     (7) Provide cleanable, nonabsorbent waste containers.

     (8) Maintain centralized bathing and handwashing facilities in a clean and sanitary condition, cleaned at least daily.

     (9) Request occupants of family dwelling units to maintain bathing and handwashing facilities in a clean and sanitary condition.

     (10) Ensure shower facilities provide privacy from the opposite sex and the public.

     (11) Make showers and bathing facilities available when needed.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.065 and 70.114A.110. 00-06-082, § 246-358-095, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.54.110. 96-02-014, § 246-358-095, filed 12/21/95, effective 1/1/96; 93-03-032 (Order 326B), § 246-358-095, filed 1/12/93, effective 2/12/93; 92-04-082 (Order 242B), § 246-358-095, filed 2/5/92, effective 3/7/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-358-095, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; 88-10-027 (Order 309), § 248-63-095, filed 5/2/88.]