WAC 246-360-150   Beds and bedding.  A licensee providing beds must:

     (1) Provide clean, sanitary mattresses and bedding in good repair;

     (2) Maintain durable, clean, and safe beds, cots, bunks, or other furniture for sleeping;

     (3) Ensure bunk beds have sufficient unobstructed vertical space so that an adult may sit up comfortably between the bottom and top bunk, or the top bunk and ceiling;

     (4) Not provide, or allow the use of, triple bunk beds;

     (5) Supply each bed, cot, or bunk with a clean mattress or cushioned pad, top and bottom sheet, mattress pad, pillow, pillowcase, and blankets unless the transient accommodation is a hostel.

     (6) Ensure that blankets, bedspreads and mattress pads are cleaned regularly or more often when visibly soiled.

     (7) Provide clean replacement pillowcases and sheets:

     (a) For guests upon arrival; and

     (b) At least weekly when occupied; or

     (c) As requested by a guest.

     (8) Ensure that bedding kept in the lodging unit is stored in a clean area off the floor.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.62 RCW. 04-24-002, § 246-360-150, filed 11/18/04, effective 4/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.62.240. 94-23-077, § 246-360-150, filed 11/16/94, effective 12/17/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-360-150, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; 89-11-058 (Order 328), § 248-144-161, filed 5/17/89.]