Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 11.69 - BathroomsThe following requirements apply to centers applying for licensure, and to construction begun at existing licensed centers, after October 12, 1993. Centers licensed, and construction begun at existing licensed centers, before October 12, 1993, are exempt from requirements in this section:
(1) There shall be one toilet and one sink for every fourteen clients served at one time in a center.(2) If the center serves fifteen or more clients at one time, there shall be two separate and distinct bathrooms.(3) For a center with a client who has a physical handicap, at least one toilet and one sink shall be constructed so that the client with a physical handicap has access and use. The toilet stall shall be large enough to allow for transfer from a wheel chair to the toilet and to accommodate the client and a staff person.(4) Each bathroom shall have a sink, wall mirror, soap container, soap, toilet paper, individual clean paper or cloth towels or a blow dryer for hands and a trash receptacle.(5) Privacy shall be provided for toilets by partitions, doors or curtains. This section cited in 6 Pa. Code § 11.212 (relating to applicability).