Alaska Admin. Code tit. 7, § 67.320
Toilet facilities, sinks, showers, and bathing facilities
Effective Jul 1, 2022Alaska Register 242(Eff. 7/1/2022, Register 242) | Authority: AS 44.30.020, AS 47.32.010, AS 47.32.130, AS 47.14.120, AS 47.32.030, AS 47.32.140
- (a) A foster home, except one located in an organized municipality or unorganized village with a population of less than 2,500, shall ensure that plumbing is sized, installed, and maintained as required by the applicable state plumbing code developed under AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740, and by any applicable municipal plumbing code. A foster home shall ensure that plumbing in the foster home is consistent with good public health practices.
(b) A foster home shall provide and maintain clean and sanitary toilet facilities and ensure that in each toilet room
- (1) at least one easily cleanable waste receptacle is provided; if soiled diapers are kept in a waste receptacle until disposed of, that waste receptacle must be covered;
- (2) toilet tissue is provided;
- (3) each step stool, if provided, has a nonslip tread made of a water-impervious, durable material; and
- (4) each toilet lid, seat, and handle and each hand sink is kept clean and sanitary.
- (c) The foster home shall ensure that each portable tub, bedpan, and potty-chair, as applicable, is emptied into a toilet or emptied by means of another sanitary waste disposal method, and is cleaned and sanitized after each use.
(Eff. 7/1/2022, Register 242)
Authority: AS 44.30.020, AS 47.32.010, AS 47.32.130, AS 47.14.120, AS 47.32.030, AS 47.32.140