Minimum requirements for facility

1. The preschool must be properly lighted. If the lighting of the preschool appears questionable, the department may require the operator to obtain additional lights so that a minimum of sixty-five foot-candles of light is used in the areas generally used for children's activities. 2. Water supply. a. The operator shall ensure that the preschool has a drinking water supply from an approved community water system or from a source tested and approved annually by the department of environmental quality; b. Drinking water must be easily accessible to the children and must be provided by either an angle-jet drinking fountain with mouthguard or by a running water supply with individual single-service drinking cups; and c. The preschool must have hot and cold running water. The water in the faucets used by children must not exceed one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit [49.2 degrees Celsius]. 3. Toilet and sink facilities: a. The operator shall provide toilet and sink facilities which are easily accessible to the areas used by the children and staff members; b. The operator shall provide a minimum of one flush toilet for each fifteen children, excluding those children who are not toilet trained; c. The operator shall provide at least one handwashing sink per toilet room facility; and d. The operator shall provide hand soap, sanitary hand-drying equipment, single-use or individually designated cloth towels, or paper towels near handwashing sinks. 4. The operator of a preschool not on a municipal or public water supply or wastewater disposal system shall ensure the preschool's sewage and wastewater system has been approved by the department of environmental quality.