Section DHS 83.55 - Bath and toilet areas(1) NUMBER. (a) The CBRF shall provide at least one toilet, one sink and one bath or shower for every 10 residents and other occupants or fraction thereof.(b) Grab bars shall be provided at toilet and bath fixtures as necessary to meet the needs of the residents. Grab bars shall meet requirements as specified in ch. SPS 361.(c) When fixtures are accessed only through a bedroom, the fixtures may only be counted as meeting the requirement for the occupants of that bedroom.(2) LOCATION. Toilet rooms and bathing areas shall be accessible and available to residents on each floor in class AS, class ANA, class CS and class CNA facilities.(3) HAND DRYING. All sink areas shall have dispensers for single use paper towels, cloth towel dispensing units that are enclosed for protection against being soiled or electric hand dryers. This requirement does not apply to sink areas located in toilet rooms accessed directly from a resident bedroom.(4) PRIVACY. (a) Bath and toilet rooms shall have door locks to ensure privacy, except where the toilet, bath or shower room is accessed only from a resident room that is occupied by one person. All door locks shall be operable from both sides.(b) All toilet and bathing areas shall have floor to ceiling walls and door assembly.(5) ELECTRICAL FIXTURES. Bath and toilet rooms shall have at least one electrical fixture to provide artificial light and one electrical duplex outlet receptacle.(6) WATER SUPPLY. (a) The CBRF shall connect each sink, bathtub and shower to hot and cold water, and supply adequate hot water to meet the needs of the residents.(b) The CBRF shall set the temperature of all water heaters connected to sinks, showers and tubs used by residents at a temperature of at least 140°F. The temperature of water at fixtures used by residents shall be automatically regulated by valves and may not exceed 115°F, except for CBRFs serving residents recovering from alcohol or drug dependency or clients of a government correctional agency.(c) The fixtures at sinks used by residents shall be the single nozzle, lever-handled mixing type fixtures or the single nozzle, 2 handled mixing type fixtures which are easy for all residents to control.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services § DHS 83.55
CR 07-095: cr. Register January 2009 No. 637, eff. 4-1-09.