D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A2411

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 52, December 27, 2024

Rule 25-A2411 - LOCATION AND PLACEMENT - HANDWASHING SINK

2411.1

A handwashing sink shall be located to allow convenient use by employees in food preparation, food dispensing, and warewashing areas, and in, or immediately adjacent to, toilet rooms. ^Pf

2411.2

All handwashing sinks, including those in toilet rooms shall provide a combination or mixing faucet, or tempered water and a single faucet.

2411.3

The Department shall permit the continued use of handwashing sinks in which the hot and cold water is delivered through separate faucets until such time as these faucets are relocated or replaced.

2411.4

Handwashing sinks located in, or immediately adjacent to the toilet rooms do not meet the requirements for handwashing sinks in operating areas for persons working in any capacity the activities of which include contact with unprotected food for human consumption, or the care and use of food contact surfaces. ^Pf

2411.5

Any area of food operation in which fresh meat is handled shall have its own handwashing sink, which shall be located not more than twenty feet (20 ft.) or less from where the meat is handled. ^P Provided, that the Department shall have the discretion to require that this hand washing sink be located closer than twenty feet (20 ft.) from the area where meat is handled.

2411.6

Handwashing sinks which are outside a toilet room, anteroom, or vestibule, and which serve the toilet room shall not be considered as meeting the requirements of this section for handwashing sinks serving the food operation areas.

2411.7

The Department may permit the continuing use of existing handwashing sinks, to meet the requirements of § 2411.6 if the sinks:

(a) Are immediately adjacent to the operational areas they are intended to serve;

(b) Are not available to or used by the public; and

(c) Do not serve more than three (3) persons when the activities of any person involve contact with unprotected food for human consumption or the care and use of food contact surfaces.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 25, r. 25-A2411

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012)

Authority: Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor's Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor's Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.