Section 31-38a-1 - Definitions(a) "Potable water" means pure clean water suitable for drinking or for washing purposes.(b) Dressing room is an enclosed space used by employees for changing and hanging up work clothes and street clothes. A dressing room should adjoin a washroom or be provided with washing fixtures and facilities conveniently located.(c) Restroom for women is an enclosed room provided with at least one cot or couch. A dressing room suitably equipped with a cot or couch is a restroom within the meaning of this definition.(d) Washroom is an enclosed room containing washroom fixtures and facilities.(e) Lavatory is any place, enclosed or not, where washing fixtures and facilities are located.(f) Washbasin or washbowl is an individual basin or bowl made of sanitary pottery or other noncorroding material, equipped with a faucet for hot water and a faucet for cold water or a single faucet supplying water of a temperature suitable for washing. Each such basin shall have an outlet with a suitable stopper.(g) Washing sink or washing trough is a trough made of sanitary pottery or other noncorroding material, equipped with hot and cold water faucets or tempered water faucets.(h) Toilet room is an enclosed room containing toilet bowls with seats or toilet compartments and/or urinals.(i) Toilet or water-closet compartment is an enclosure enclosing a single water closet.(j) Water closet is an individual toilet bowl (with seat) connected with a sewer and having means for flushing each toilet bowl separately.(k) Semiflush toilet consists of one or more toilet bowls or a toilet trough connected with a sewer and flushed automatically at intervals.(l) A urinal is a toilet fixture connected with a sewer which is used for the sole purpose of urination.(m) Latrine is a toilet facility, with or without toilet seats, over a trench, pit or stream used for defecation or urination.(n) Chemical closet is a toilet facility in which the waste matter falls into a trench, pit, vault or other container and is treated with lime or a chemical disinfectant and deodorant to render the contents inoffensive and harmless to health.(o) Privy is a structure enclosing a latrine or chemical closet.(p) Sewer is a soil pipe carrying waste water or sewage to a sewer main, septic tank, filter bed or into a stream.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-38a-1