Section 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. WSR 05-15-157, § 246-337-125, filed 7/20/05, effective 8/20/05.]

Chapter 71.12 RCW. WSR 05-15-157, § 246-337-125, filed 7/20/05, effective 8/20/05.