4101:2-90-08 Plumbing and plumbing fixtures.

(A) Plumbing and plumbing fixtures in homes shall conform to the applicable provisions of Chapter 1225 of OBC-1964. The number and type of plumbing fixtures required for patients and residents is as follows:

(1) One water closet for each 10 patients and residents.

(2) One bedpan flusher for each 20 nonambulatory patients where there are more than 5 such patients.

(3) One slop sink or equally satisfactory facility for urinal wastes in lieu of a bedpan flusher or hopper where there are 5 or less nonambulatory patients.

(4) One hopper for urinal waste and washing for each 15 nonambulatory male patients where there are more than 5 such patients.

(5) One lavatory for each 10 patients and residents.

(6) One shower or bathtub for each 15 patients and residents.

(7) One drinking fountain or other equally adequate and sanitary drinking facility for each 75 patients and residents.

(B) Lavatories and bathing facilities shall be supplied with hot and cold running water. Bathing facilities shall be provided with approved devices for temperature control or with water which does not exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit in temperature at the fixture outlet.

(C) Where urinals are provided, the number of water closets specified may be reduced by one for each urinal installed, except that the number of water closets installed shall be not less than two-thirds of the number otherwise specified.

(D) Water closets and lavatories shall be provided for employees under the same conditions and in the same ratio as for patients and residents. Such facilities shall be installed in separate rooms for employees where patients’ and residents’ toilet rooms are not available to employees within a travel distance of not more than 200 feet and one story.

(E) Not less than one lavatory shall be provided for employees in or adjacent to food preparation and similar areas.

(F) Where the required number of fixtures is determined according to a basic number of persons accommodated by one fixture, not less than one such fixture shall be provided for any fraction of such number of persons to be accommodated.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/10/2007 and 07/01/2012

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3781.10(E)

Rule Amplifies: 3781.03, 3791.04

Prior Effective Dates: 12/21/76