(A)Each residential facility shall have a minimum of one sink with hot and cold water, one flush toilet, and one
bath or shower with hot and cold water for every six children of the same sex,
or fraction thereof, residing within the facility A residential facility with bathrooms that have more than one
toilet, sink, bath or shower shall have one bathroom for every six children of
the same sex, or fraction thereof.
(1)Each sink shall have hot and cold
water.
(2)Each toilet shall be capable of
flushing.
(3)Each bath or shower shall have hot and
cold water.
(B)If a residential facility has a
private, single bathroom containing one sink, one flush toilet, and one bath or
shower, the bathroom may be used to meet the ratio requirement of one bathroom
for every six children, or fraction thereof.
(1)The sink shall have hot and cold water.
(2)The toilet shall be capable of
flushing.
(3)The bath or shower shall have hot and
cold water.
(C)Children at a crisis care facility who
are still using diapers and under the age of three shall not be counted in the
bathroom ratio requirements of paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule.
(B)(D) A children's residential center (CRC) shall
have at least one bathroom with a toilet and sink on the floor with the
sleeping rooms.
(C)(E) Bathrooms in a residential facility shall be
situated so as to allow direct access to them without the necessity of passing
through a bedroom, except when a bedroom has an attached bathroom used only for
the children who reside in that bedroom.
(D)(F) Each bathroom in a residential facility shall
have toilet paper, towels or air dryers, soap, and wastebaskets available for
use.
(E)(G) Bathtubs and showers in a residential facility
shall have nonskid surfaces.
(F)(H) Except for bathtubs
exclusively used to bathe children age zero to three in a crisis care facility,
all Bathtubsbathtubs
and showers in a residential facility shall have enclosures or screens which
afford individual privacy. When more than one toilet is located in the same
bathroom, each toilet shall be partitioned and include a door capable of
remaining closed.
Effective: 2/1/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 6/13/2019 and 02/01/2025
Certification: CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Date: 01/17/2020
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5103.03
Rule Amplifies: 5103.02, 5103.03
Prior Effective Dates: 12/30/1966, 10/01/1986, 01/01/1991,
09/18/1996, 09/01/2002, 05/01/2008, 12/01/2010, 07/01/2014